Permanent Collections

A careful examination of the collection of textiles from this famous Peruvian site. The author examines categories of textiles by their possible use and technique of manufacture, as well as reexamines the field notes of Uhle's expedition. Extensive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566499927Author The Scala GroupFormat HardbackPage Count 600Imprint Welcome Rain Publishers,USPublisher Welcome Rain Publishers,USWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935677598Author Ashok VajpeyiPage Count 104Imprint Grantha CorporationPublisher Grantha CorporationWeight(grams) 553gDimensions(mm) 237mm * 183mm * 14mm

The American art collector Norton Simon assembled his astonishing collection of more than 8,000 artworks in just thirty-five years. In 1966, with no permanent home for the growing collection, Simon created his "museum without walls" program-lending works...

"I am convinced that the true collector does not acquire objects of art for himself alone. His is no selfish drive or desire to have and hold a painting, a sculpture, or a fine example of antique furniture so that only he may see and enjoy it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798988685708Author Carolyn VaughanFormat HardbackPage Count 136Imprint Jordan Schnitzer Family FoundationPublisher Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation

Albuquerque Museum History Collection: Only in Albuquerque highlights the museums rich history collection, drawing examples from thirty-five thousand artifacts, works of art, maps, and photographs. The objects range from Native American and Hispanic...

As the first serious study and presentation of the Sheldon Museum of Art's collection of works on paper, this catalog introduces students and art lovers alike to the largest, most international area of the museum's holdings, which includes prints and...

ARCA publishers present a series of small-format books that acquaint readers anew with gems of the Hermitage collection. Fascinating fragments and details that quite often escape the eye provide fresh insights into familiar paintings and drawings,...

ARCA publishers present a series of small-format books that acquaint readers anew with gems of the Hermitage collection. Fascinating fragments and details that quite often escape the eye provide fresh insights into familiar paintings and drawings,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998825243Author Stephen C WicksFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Knoxville Museum of ArtPublisher Knoxville Museum of Art

Featuring a diverse and richly illustrated testament to contemporary Indian devotional art, this catalogue presents an extensive and unique collection by traditional artists who have translated their creative impulses into beautiful pieces that express a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906270773Author Michael ClarkeFormat HardbackPage Count 136Imprint National Galleries of ScotlandPublisher National Galleries of ScotlandWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781773103556Author Stephan JostFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Goose Lane EditionsPublisher Goose Lane EditionsWeight(grams) 1247g

The definitive book on High Line art, the public art program on the High Line, one of the most popular destinations in New York City. High Art surveys the first five years of art on the High Line, the unique elevated park in New York City created through...

The Darnley jewel, a masterpiece of the goldsmith's art on display at Edinburgh's Holyrood Palace, has been deemed a love token, but has also been labelled an emblem of political ambition. Taking the shape of a heart, the jewel was produced at a moment...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783960987109Author Karen MartaFormat HardbackPage Count 456Imprint Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther KonigPublisher Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783037644621Author Howard Saul BeckerFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint JRP RingierPublisher JRP Ringier

Featuring highlights from the great collection of the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, this volume includes paintings, sculpture, photography, glass, decorative arts and arts of the ancient world and non-Western cultures. There are paintings by...

"Craft for a Modern World" highlights nearly 200 of the extraordinary craft objects held at the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Nora Atkinson looks at the whole notion of what defines craft, and how attitudes towards it are continually...

The Tanenbaum gift of over two hundred works of internationally significant nineteenth-century European art is one of the most important art donations to a Canadian gallery. A diverse and original collection, it features works by Leon Bonnat, Frank...

Craft Across Continents presents 50 objects in two-parts: the first 22 plates focus on works by Japanese makers; the second section of 21 plates on works by American and European practitioners. Marking the mid-way point of the volume is a special 8-page...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9791254630983Author Arturo GalansinoFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint MarsilioPublisher Marsilio

Reopened in 2010, having been closed since 1939, the world-famous Berlin Etruscan collection, one of the largest outside Italy, is now on permanent display again. This companion volume to the new exhibition in the Altes Museum provides exciting insights...

This absorbing introduction to the story of Rembrandt's rampant fame and influence in Britain is filled with beautiful images. The story of 'Rembrandt mania' began in 18th-century Britain with passionate, and often eccentric, collectors acquiring...

The Art Museum RIGA BOURSE is one of the five structures of the Latvian National Museum of Art, bringing together the collections of foreign art accumulated in Riga from the 18th to the early 20th century. The first of these is the Kunstkammer collection...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9791254630860Author Emma LaVigneFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint MarsilioPublisher Marsilio

The ornamented facade of the Imayyad 'desert palace' Mshatta is an icon of Islamic art. The facade was once part of a 'desert palace' that was built around the mid-8th century AD in the area of present day Jordan. In the early 20th century it came to...

The Ars Electronica Center is the architectural expression of what Ars Electronica is all about: a place of inquiry and discovery, experimentation and exploration, a place that has taken the world of tomorrow as its stage, and that assembles and presents...

The 300 works of the Lotte Reimers Foundation showcase the wide spectrum and the diversity of modern ceramic art. The works by 115 international artists, from classical vessels to free sculpture, are to now permanently move to Friedenstein Castle in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783864424144Author Paolo BianchiFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft mbHPublisher Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft mbH

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906967857Author Amie CorryFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Other CriteriaPublisher Other CriteriaWeight(grams) 771g

The Stebbins Collection - the private collection of Dr. Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., the esteemed historian of American art and foremost expert on Martin Johnson Heade, and his wife, Susan Cragg Stebbins, successful author and art historian - consists of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780909952020Author Ann StephenFormat PaperbackPage Count 121Imprint Power PublicationsPublisher Power PublicationsWeight(grams) 230g

This stunning 2-volume set introduces the Geneva-based Fondation Gandur's collection of classical antiquities gathered over the past 40 years by founder Jean Claude Gandur. These two volumes are complementary: The first volume investigates the subject of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732321243Author Carolyn VaughanFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Jordan Schnitzer Family FoundationPublisher Jordan Schnitzer Family...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780890136546Author Josie LopezFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Museum of New Mexico PressPublisher Museum of New Mexico Press

The Swiss National Museum's permanent collection reflects Switzerland's history from pre-historic times until the present day. Each object also represents the location where it was found or made; the people who made or used it; a trade or profession; a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788419233349Author Beatrice AndrieuxFormat PaperbackPage Count 215Imprint RM Verlag SLPublisher RM Verlag SLWeight(grams) 1202g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781743327272Author Rebecca J. ConwayFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Sydney University PressPublisher Sydney University PressWeight(grams) 230g