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THE SCULPTURE OF TULLIO LOMBARDO: STUDIES IN SOURCES AND MEANING
Written by Sarah Wilk.
Stock no. 1827645
Published by Garland Publishing Inc.. 1st 1978. Nearly fine condition.

A Garland Series. Outstanding Dissertations in the Fine Arts. Originally entitled Iconological Problems in the Sculpture of Tullio Lombardo. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 082403256X. Large bookplate to front pastedown. Else contents fine.

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HELLENISTIC STATUES OF APHRODITE: STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF THEIR STYLISTIC DEVELOPMENT
Written by Dericksen Morgan Brinkerhoff.
Stock no. 1827482
Published by Garland Publishing Inc.. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition.

Garland series. A thesis presented to the Department of Fine Arts in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosphy in the subject of History and Principles of Fine Arts, 1958. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos of sculpture. ISBN: 0824032179. Boards clean. Bookplate to front pastedown. Contents clean. A lovely example of a rare item.

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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS IN CAMBRIDGE PART ONE (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by Stella Panayotova; Nigel Morgan.
Stock no. 1827178
Published by Harvey Miller Publishers. Circa 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Volume One: The Frankish Kingdoms; Northern Netherlands; Germany; Bohemia; Hungary; Austria. Volume Two: The Meuse Region; Southern Netherlands. Large format. Blue cloth boards. ISBN: 9781905375479. Still in original shrinkwrap! A few minor marks, scuffs and a tiny hole to shrinkwrap. A few minor knocks to board edges. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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ITALIAN FRESCOES: THE EARLY RENAISSANCE 1400 - 1470
Written by Steffi Roettgen.
Stock no. 1827168
Published by Abbeville Press. Circa 1996. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This volume opens with a concise introductory text discussing various aspects of fifteenth-century fresco painting; the central section of the book examines twenty-one fresco cycles, each representing a crowning achievement in this field. A descriptive and interpretive essay introduces each cycle and is followed by a series of full-page and double-pate colour plates covering the entire work. Large, heavy volume. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780789201393. Third printing. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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PIETRO PAUOLO RUBENS
Written by Frans Baudouin. Illustrated by Peter Paul Rubens.
Stock no. 1827156
Published by Mercatorfonds. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Life and works of Peter Paul Rubens. Large, heavy format. White cloth spine, red cloth boards, gilt titles. Pictorial endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations. Browning and foxing to top edge of text block else a clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a minor nick to surface paper at front edge of spine and is lightly scuffed.

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ITALIAN FRESCOES: THE AGE OF GIOTTO 1280-1400
Written by Joachim Poeschke.
Stock no. 1827154
Published by Abbeville Press. Circa 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This volume begins with an in-depth presentation of the frescoes at San Francesco in Assisi, which became the great school of Italian painting, where Giotto, Pietro Lorenzetti, and Simone Martini, among others, created a new kind of painted mural and a new style of pictorial narrative. Large, heavy format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780789208637. Second printing. Minor red biro mark to top of text block (see photos) else a lovely copy.

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THE ALBERTINA: THE PALAIS AND THE HABSBURG STATE ROOMS
Written by Christian Benedik.
Stock no. 1827130
Published by Christian Brandstatter Verlag. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Albertina in Vienna is one of the most important art collections in the world. Furthermore, it has since 1802 been housed in one of the most magnificent neo-Classical palaces in Europe: the Palais Albertina. Large format. Duck egg blue paper boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9783850332446. Top corners of boards lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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ITALIAN FRESCOES: THE BAROQUE ERA 1600-1800
Written by Steffi Roettgen.
Stock no. 1827084
Published by Abbeville Press. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

During the Italian Baroque, some of history's most inspired and imaginative fresco cycles were created in palaces, villas, churches, chapels, monasteries and abbyes; on walls, ceilings, vaults, and domes. Here is the Italian Baroque period in its full grandeur, from the arrival in Rome of the style of Annibale Carracci and his pupils through the end of the eighteenth century. Very large, heavy format. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780789209368. This copy would make a wonderful gift. Pictorial dustwrapper is lovely and bright, minor rubbing to one corner.

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ITALIAN FRESCOES: THE FLOWERING OF THE RENAISSANCE 1470-1510
Written by Steffi Roettgen.
Stock no. 1827082
Published by Abbeville Press. Circa 1997. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Professor Roettgen's concise and authoritative text illuminates such celebrated sites as the Tornabuoni Chapel in Florence, the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, and the Camera degli Sposi in Mantua. She also reveals the charm of lesser-known works, such as those in the tiny town of Issogne, which capture fifteenth-century men and women bargaining and flirting at an outdoor market. Ver large, heavy format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780789202215. 3rd printing of the first edition. This copy would make a wonderful gift. Pictorial dustwrapper is lovely and clean.

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LANDSCAPE INTO ART
Written by Kenneth Clark; Will Gompertz.
Stock no. 1827024
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2013. Nearly fine condition.

Oblong format. Blue cloth spine with gilt title. Pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations throughout. xiv and 188 pages including index. Introduction by Will Gompertz. Still in original shrinkwrap with some light scuffing.

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A HISTORY OF PICTURES FOR CHILDREN
Written by David Hockney; Martin Gayford. Illustrated by Rose Blake.
Stock no. 1826826
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2018. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book takes its readers on a journey through art history, from early art drawn on cave walls to the images we make today on our computers and phone cameras. Based on the best-selling book for adults, this children's edition is told through conversations between the artist David Hockney and the author Martin Gayford, who talk about art with inspiring simplicity and clarity. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780500651414. Light knock to lower edge of boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has a few minor stains to lower edges.

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KALIGHAT PAINTING: IMAGES FROM A CHANGING WORLD
Written by Jyotindra Jain.
Stock no. 1826774
Published by Mapin Publishing. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Kalighat Painting emerged from the changing world of nineteenth century Calcutta, with old and new images seemingly layered one upon another on a transparent plane... Large format. Terracotta cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 8185822646. Corners of boards, lightly bumped. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly scuffed.

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