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Gardens of the Renaissance . Kenne 9781606061435
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $32.66This is a fascinating volume that uses illustrated manuscripts to gain a unique insight into the gardens of the Renaissance. Whether part of a grand villa or an extension of a common kitchen, gardens... -
Willem de Kooning - The Artist's Materials . Lake 9781606060216
RRP: $73.50Booksplease Price: $64.55This is the first systematic and truly methodical study of de Kooning's idiosyncratic working methods and use of materials. This in-depth study of the paintings of Willem de Kooning (1904-1997),... -
Color Science and the Visual Arts - A Guide for Conservations, Curators, and the Curious Roy S. Berns 9781606064818
RRP: $100.80Booksplease Price: $87.36"A curator, a paintings conservator, a photographer, and a conservation scientist walk into a bar." What happens next? In lively and accessible prose, color science expert Roy S. Berns helps the... -
Illuminated Manuscripts from Belgium and the Netherlands at the J.Paul Getty Museum by Thomas Kren 9781606060148
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $29.46This is a lavishly illustrated survey of the J. Paul Getty's collection of illuminated manuscripts from Belgium and the Netherlands. During the Middle Ages, the region now occupied by Belgium and... -
Household Gods - Private Devotion in Ancient Greece and Rome Alexandra Sofroniew 9781606064566
Booksplease Price: $48.13Daily religious devotion in the Greek and Roman worlds centered on the family and the home. Besides official worship in rural sacred areas and at temples in towns, the ancients kept household shrines... -
Building the Medieval World by Christine Sciacca 9781606060063
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $29.88Some of the great and lasting achievements of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance are the architectural wonders of soaring cathedrals, grand castles and palaces. While many of these edifices survive,... -
Seismic Stabilization of Historic Adobe Structures - Final Report of the Getty Seismic Adobe Project by . Tolles 9780892365876
RRP: $84.00Booksplease Price: $73.71A description of the design, experimental procedures and results of the Getty Seismic Adobe Project, which set out to identify and evaluate methods for the seismic protection of historical and... -
Railroad Vision - Photography, Travel, and Perception by Anne M. Lyden 9780892367269
RRP: $94.50Booksplease Price: $83.31In 1830 the British actress Fanny Kemble described the sensation of riding in a train as "strange beyond description". This revolutionary new mode of transportation came into being at almost exactly... -
Thesaurus Cultus et Rituum Antiquorum - Abbreviations and Index by . Jaeger 9780892367931
RRP: $163.80Booksplease Price: $138.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892367931Author . JaegerFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint -
Beasts Factual and Fantastic by Elizabeth Morrison 9780892368884
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $30.39'Beasts Factual and Fantastic' is the first in the Medieval Imagination series of small, affordable books that will draw on manuscript illuminations from the Middle Ages and early Renaissance. Often,... -
Paragons and Paragone - Van Eyck, Raphael, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Bernini . Preimesberger 9780892369645
RRP: $73.50Booksplease Price: $65.18This title provides an intelligent and illuminating exploration of the rivalry that existed between the artists of the Renaissance & Baroque eras. The paragon - the notion of competition and rivalry... -
Renoir's Colors by Marie Selier 9781606060032
RRP: $31.48Booksplease Price: $29.86This book helps children identify and explore colours through eight child-friendly paintings by the great Impressionist master Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Its engaging interactive format invites the... -
The Art of Ancient Greek Theater . Hart 9781606060377
RRP: $94.50Booksplease Price: $83.31This is an exploration of Greek theatre as seen through its many depictions in classical art. "The Art of Ancient Greek Theater" addresses the vibrant imprint that ancient Greek tragedy and comedy... -
Gardens and Plants of the Getty Villa . Bowe 9781606060490
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $29.42This title provides a lavishly illustrated exploration of the stunning gardens at the Getty Villa This sumptuously illustrated volume provides an illuminating and in-depth exploration of stunning... -
Reconsidering Gerome . Allan 9781606060384
Booksplease Price: $55.27Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904) was an undisputed success during his life. Crowds flocked to see his vibrant compositions and thanks to mass marketing of his work through mechanical reproduction, he... -
Clay's Tectonic Shift - John Mason, Ken Price, and Peter Voulkos, 1956-1968 . Macnoughton 9781606061053
RRP: $94.50Booksplease Price: $83.31This is an absorbing look at the work of three artists who paved the way for ceramics to be considered fine art. "Clay's Tectonic Shift" focuses on artists John Mason (b. 1927), Kenneth Price (b... -
Photography's Orientalism - New essays on Colonial Representation . Behdad 9781606061510
RRP: $63.00Booksplease Price: $56.66This book explores the interplay between 19th-century photography and Europe's vision of the Middle East. The Middle East played a critical role in the development of photography as a new technology... -
The Nude in Photography by Paul Martineau 9781606062661
Booksplease Price: $42.36This is a stunning visual celebration of one of photography's most enduring and evocative subjects. Born like Venus on the half shell from the centuries-long tradition of the nude in painting, the... -
Conundrum - Puzzles in the Grotesques Tapestry Series Charissa Bremer-David 9781606064535
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $33.10The whimsical imagery of four tapestries in the permanent collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum and currently on display at the Getty Center is perplexing. Created in France at the Beauvais... -
Twentieth–Century Color Photographs – Identification and Care by Sylvie Penichon 9781606061565
Booksplease Price: $132.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606061565Author Sylvie PenichonFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint -
Jackson Pollock's Mural - The Transitional Moment by Yvonne Szafran 9781606063231
RRP: $54.60Booksplease Price: $46.85This is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the making of a post-war masterpiece and its restoration. In many ways, Mural, Jackson Pollock's (1912-1956) first large-scale painting represents the... -
Luisa Roldán by Catherine Hall-Van Den Elsen 9781606067321
RRP: $84.00Booksplease Price: $56.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606067321Author Catherine Hall-Van Den ElsenFormat HardbackPage Count 14 -
The Villa del Papiri at Herculaneum - Life and Afterlife of a Sculpture Collection . Mattusch 9780892367221
RRP: $157.50Booksplease Price: $137.84The Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum buried during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79, then rediscovered in 1750 contained a large collection of bronze and marble statuary and busts. Before they... -
Perspectives on Education Reform - Arts Education as a Catalyst by Getty Trust Publications 9780892362967
Booksplease Price: $10.14Learning in and through the arts will allow education to meet the unique challenges facing it as the twenty-first century approaches. Leaders in business, technology, and arts education address these... -
The Medieval Book by Black 9781606061091
RRP: $52.40Booksplease Price: $34.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606061091Author BlackFormat HardbackImprint -
Pacific Standard Time – Los Angeles Art, 1945–1980 by . Peabody 9781606060728
Booksplease Price: $94.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Fine Art) 2012.Book InformationISBN 9781606060728Author . Peabody< -
The Museum of Augustus - The Temple of Apollo in Pompeii, The Portico of Philippus in Rome, and Latin Poetry Peter Heslin 9781606064214
RRP: $115.50Booksplease Price: $100.36In the Odes, Horace writes of his own work, "I have built a monument more enduring than bronze,"-a striking metaphor that hints at how the poetry and built environment of ancient Rome are... -
Display and Art History - The Dusseldorf Gallery and its Catalogue Thomas W. Gaehtgens 9781606060926
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $32.66This is a superbly illustrated exploration of the first modern art catalogue, its creation and its legacy. This richly illustrated book examines the making of the first modern catalogue - La galerie... -
Artemisia Gentileschi by Sheila Barker 9781606067338
RRP: $84.00Booksplease Price: $57.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606067338Author Sheila BarkerFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint -
Stone Conservation - An Overview of Current Research Eric Doehne 9781606060469
RRP: $63.00Booksplease Price: $56.66This is a detailed and informative overview of the latest research and development in stone conservation. Petra, Angkor, Copan, Venice, Lascaux, Easter Island - all are examples of irreplaceable... -
Miraculous Bouquets - Flower and Fruit Paintings by Jan Van Huysum by Anne T. Woollett 9781606060902
RRP: $18.88Booksplease Price: $14.26Precisely rendered to dazzle the eye with their botanical accuracy, the sumptuous arrays of fruit and flowers by Dutch painter Jan van Huysum (1682-1749) were among the most avidly collected... -
St. Albans Psalter - Painting and Prayer in Medieval England . Collins 9781606061459
RRP: $46.18Booksplease Price: $42.36This is a fascinating look at one of the world's most important and renowned 12th-century manuscripts. The St. Albans Psalter is one of the most important, famous, and puzzling books produced in... -
Italian Illuminated Manuscripts by Thomas Kren 9781606064368
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $32.66This is a stunning tour through eight centuries of manuscript illumination. Known for their stunning displays of artistry and technique, Italian illuminated manuscripts have long been coveted by... -
China on Paper - European and Chinese Works From the Late Sixteenth to Early Nineteenth Century Marcia Reed 9781606060681
RRP: $54.60Booksplease Price: $50.88This title explores the curiosity and collaboration that has existed between East and West for centuries. The striking illustrated books, maps, and prints featured in China on Paper are some of the... -
Masaccio - Saint Andrew and the Pisa Altarpiece . Rowlands 9780892362868
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $32.66Ranked by many scholars as the greatest master of early Italian Renaissance painting, Masaccio (1401-1428) was the first artist to use effects of light to create three-dimensional images on a... -
Terra 2008 - The 10th International Conference on the Study and Conservation of Earthen Architectural Heritage . Rainer 9781606060438
RRP: $126.00Booksplease Price: $110.57This title explores the issues surrounding the study and conservation of earthen architecture. Earthen architecture constitutes one of the most diverse forms of cultural heritage and one of the most... -
Surrealism in Latin America - Vivisimo Muerto by . Ades 9781606061176
RRP: $63.00Booksplease Price: $56.66This collection of essays--the first major account of surrealism in Latin America that covers both literary and visual production--explores the role the movement played in the construction and... -
Historical Perspectives on Preventative Conservation . Staniforth 9781606061428
RRP: $126.00Booksplease Price: $108.89This title gathers together the most important texts on this critical topic, from antiquity to today. The sixth volume in the Getty's Readings in Conservation series, which gathers more than 65 texts... -
World Antiquarianism - Comparative Perspectives . Schnapp 9781606061480
RRP: $105.00Booksplease Price: $91.83This book explores the concept of antiquarianism and recasts its role for a new generation. The term antiquarianism refers to engagement with the material heritage of the past - an engagement that... -
Ishiuchi Miyako - Postwar Shadows Amanda Maddox 9781606064559
Booksplease Price: $95.11A maverick in the history of photography, lshiuchi Miyako burst onto the photography scene in Tokyo in the mid-1970s, at a time when men dominated the field in Japan. Working prodigiously over the...