Published by New York: Doubleday, 1991, 1991
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very good dust-jacket, cover price $27.50, very good black half-cloth with light brown boards, appears unused. POPE-HENNESSY, JOHN WYNDHAM. Learning to look. New York: Doubleday, 1991, stated First Edition, March 1991, x, 336pp., . CONTENTS: A family and a son -- A vocation -- An abbreviated pilgrimage -- From peace to war -- Search for truth -- The lure of Tuscany -- Art for people -- The mother of museums -- The pleasure of the multitude -- Teaching to learn -- The uses of scholarship -- Knowledge and intuition -- Home to Florence. 9780385261418 ISBN 038 5261411.
Published by Oxford : Phaidon January 1986, 1986
Seller: Kona Bay Books, Kailua-Kona, HI, U.S.A.
Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Acceptable. The front cover has some cosmetic issues towards the bottom right hand corner such as thumbing, crease marks, and a 2 inch rectangular piece of cover color peeled off. The top of the spine also has some scuff marks. Looking through the book, there seems to be no other visible issues.
Published by London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1971
ISBN 10: 0901486175 ISBN 13: 9780901486172
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
1st edition reprint. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: Victoria and Albert Museum Bulletin reprints ; 19. Physical description: 10 pages. "Reprinted from the "Bulletin", Vol. I, No. 3, London, July 1965, pp. 9-16."; Includes bibliographical references. Subjects: Pisano, Giovanni 1240-1320. Pisano, Giovanni 1240?-1320? Criticism and interpretation. Ivories Italy. Ivories, Medieval Europe. 1 Kg.
Published by London : H.M.S.O., 1957
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
2nd edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series: Museum monograph ; no. 2. Physical description: 10 p., 12 plates : ill ; 25 cm. Subjects: The Virgin with the laughing Child. Victoria and Albert Museum. Illustrated. 1 Kg.
Published by London : H.M. Stationery Office, 1949
ISBN 10: 0901486450 ISBN 13: 9780901486455
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series; Museum monograph / [Victoria and Albert Museum] ; no. 2. Physical description; 10 pages, 12 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; At head of title: Victoria and Albert Museum. Includes bibliographical references (page 10). Subjects; Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint ; Art. Mary Mother of Jesus Christ Art. Marie Sainte Vierge ; Art. Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint. Rossellino, Antonio (1427-1479). Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint Art. Rossellino, Antonio 1427-1479 Criticism and interpretation. Madonna's. Christianity and art. Sculpture, Renaissance - Italy. Sculpture. Sculpture, Italian 15th century. Terracotta sculpture 15th century. Genres; Art. Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg.
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Published by London : Percy Lund Humphries, 1946
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First Edition. Very good pamphlet copy; wrappers slightly dust-toned. Remains particularly well-preserved overall: tight, bright and clean. Physical description; 24 pages, illustrations ; 27 cm. Series; National Gallery (Great Britain). Gallery books ; no. 15. Notes; Date is suggested. "With sixteen illustrations"--title page. Subjects; Botticelli, Sandro 1444 or 1445-1510. Nativity. National Gallery (Great Britain). 1 Kg.
Published by New York : Doubleday, 1991
ISBN 10: 0385261411 ISBN 13: 9780385261418
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: x, 336 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: A family and a son -- A vocation -- An abbreviated pilgrimage -- From peace to war -- Search for truth -- The lure of Tuscany -- Art for people -- The mother of museums -- The pleasure of the multitude -- Teaching to learn -- The uses of scholarship -- Knowledge and intuition -- Home to Florence. Subjects: Pope-Hennessy, John Wyndham Sir 1913-1994; British Museum (London); Victoria and Albert Museum (London); Art historians England ; Biography; Art Psychology; Museum directors Great Britain 20th century ; Biography; Administrators Autobiography; Academics Autobiography; England; Great Britain. 1 Kg.
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Published by London : H.M.S.O., 1957
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2nd edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series: Museum monograph ; no. 2. Physical description: 10 p., 12 plates : ill ; 25 cm. Subjects: The Virgin with the laughing Child. Victoria and Albert Museum. Illustrated. 1 Kg.
Published by London : H. M. Stationery Office, 1949
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 12 pages; Description: 12 p., 12 p. of plates, folding front. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Donatello (1386?-1466). Series: Victoria and Albert Museum. Museum monograph no. 1. 1 Kg.
Published by London : Percy Lund Humphries, 1946
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
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First Edition. Very good pamphlet copy; wrappers slightly dust-toned. Remains particularly well-preserved overall: tight, bright and clean. Physical description; 24 pages, illustrations ; 27 cm. Series; National Gallery (Great Britain). Gallery books ; no. 15. Notes; Date is suggested. "With sixteen illustrations"--title page. Subjects; Botticelli, Sandro 1444 or 1445-1510. Nativity. National Gallery (Great Britain). 1 Kg.
Published by London New York : Phaidon ; Bollingen Foundation, 1966
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description : xxxii, 348 pages 330 illustrations 27 cm. ContentsThe cult of personality. -- Humanism and the portrait. -- The motions of the mind, -- The court portrait. -- Image and emblem. -- Donor and participant. Subjects : National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.Portrait painting, Renaissance. 1 Kg.
Published by London : Phaidon, 1970
ISBN 10: 0714814490 ISBN 13: 9780714814490
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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First edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 303p.; fol. Subjects: Raphael 1483-1520. Art, Italian Italy. Art, Renaissance Italy. Genre:Catalogue. Illustrated. 1 Kg.
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Published by London : H. M. Stationery Office, 1949
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First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 12 pages; Description: 12 p., 12 p. of plates, folding front. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Donatello (1386?-1466). Series: Victoria and Albert Museum. Museum monograph no. 1. 1 Kg.
Published by Thames and Hudson, London, 1991
ISBN 10: 0500550247 ISBN 13: 9780500550243
Hardcover. brown cloth boards w/ gilt tiling & printing. white dustjacket w/ brown & white printed title plate. 64 pp illustrations. Part of Series Walter Neurath memorial lectures. Near Fine. dustjacket has light scuffs & indentations; indents do not damage covers.
Published by Thames and Hudson, London, 1991
ISBN 10: 0500550247 ISBN 13: 9780500550243
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Brown slipcase and covers, gold lettering on spine. 64 pp illustrations. Part of Series Walter Neurath memorial lectures.
Published by London New York : Phaidon ; Bollingen Foundation, 1966
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
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First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description : xxxii, 348 pages 330 illustrations 27 cm. ContentsThe cult of personality. -- Humanism and the portrait. -- The motions of the mind, -- The court portrait. -- Image and emblem. -- Donor and participant. Subjects : National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.Portrait painting, Renaissance. 1 Kg.
Published by Oxford New York : Phaidon Press ; Oxford Univ. Press, 1947
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 33 pages, 93 (i.e. 91) plates illustrations ; 31 cm. Notes; Includes bibliography and index. Subjects; Painting Italy Siena. Painting, Renaissance. Painting, Sienese. Italian painting Italy Siena 15th century. Painting Italy Siena 15th century. Painting Italy History. Painting, Sienese. Painting, Renaissance. Painting, Medieval Italy Siena. Painting, Italian. Painting. Renaissance Period. Art. Painting. Painting, Renaissance. Malerei. Italy Siena. Siena. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg.
Published by Oxford New York : Phaidon Press ; Oxford Univ. Press, 1947
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
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First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 33 pages, 93 (i.e. 91) plates illustrations ; 31 cm. Notes; Includes bibliography and index. Subjects; Painting Italy Siena. Painting, Renaissance. Painting, Sienese. Italian painting Italy Siena 15th century. Painting Italy Siena 15th century. Painting Italy History. Painting, Sienese. Painting, Renaissance. Painting, Medieval Italy Siena. Painting, Italian. Painting. Renaissance Period. Art. Painting. Painting, Renaissance. Malerei. Italy Siena. Siena. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg.
Published by London ; New York : Phaidon, 1970
ISBN 10: 0714814601 ISBN 13: 9780714814605
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
2nd edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 468 pages : illustrations. Notes; Includes index. Contents; [1] Text. -- [2] Plates. -- [3] Catalogue. Subjects; Sculpture, Renaissance Italy. Sculpture, Italian. Sculpture, Baroque Italy. Sculpture de la Renaissance Italie. Sculpture, Renaissance. Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564. Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680. Sculpture, High Renaissance Italy. Sculpture de la Renaissance. Sculpture, Italian. Sculpture, RenaissanceItaly. Italian sculptures, 1492-1680. 1 Kg.
Published by London : Phaidon, 1971
ISBN 10: 0714814644 ISBN 13: 9780714814643
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Second Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series; An introduction to Italian sculpture ; pt. 2. Pope-Hennessy, John Wyndham Sir 1913-1994. Introduction to Italian sculpture ; v. 2. Physical description; [16], 365p., 56p. of plates : ill ; 29cm. Subjects; Sculpture, Italian. Sculpture, Renaissance. Art history ; Italy. 1 Kg.
Published by London : Home and Van Thal, 1949
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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First Edition. Provenance: Brenda Tomlinson's copy. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 29 p., [32] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. Subjects; Hilliard, Nicholas 1547-1619. Hilliard, Nicholas 1547-1619 Criticism and interpretation. Painters, British 16th century. Painters, British 17th century. Miniature painting. Miniature painting England. Hilliard, Nicholas (English painter, ca. 1547-1619) Criticism and interpretation. 1 Kg.
Published by London: Phaidon, 1968
ISBN 10: 0714813273 ISBN 13: 9780714813271
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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First Edition. Fine gilt-blocked cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: ix, 243 pages illustrations 26 cm. Notes: Distributors in the U.S.A.: Frederick A. Praeger, New York. Plates.Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 212-230). Contents:New works by Giovanni Pisano -- I. -- New works by Giovanni Pisano -- II. -- The Arca of St. Dominic: a hypothesis. -- Notes on a Florentine tomb-front. -- The fifth centenary of Donatello. -- Donatello's relief of the Ascension. -- Some Donatello problems. -- The Martelli David. -- The Virgin with the laughing child. -- A relief by Agostino di Duccio. -- Two Paduan bronzes. -- Two chimney-pieces from Padua. -- A relief by Sansovino. -- Michelangelo in his letters. -- Michelangelo's Cupid: the end of a chapter. -- The Palestrina Pieta. -- Two models for the tomb of Michelangelo. -- A small bronze by Tribolo. -- A sketch-model by Benvenuto Cellini. -- Giovanni Bologna's Samson and a Philistine. -- Antonio Calcagni's bust of Annibale Caro. -- Portrait sculptures by Ridolfo Sirigatti. -- Some bronze statuettes by Francesco Fanelli. -- An exhibition of Italian bronze statuettes. -- Portrait of an art historian. Subjects: PlastikGeschichte 1400-1600. Bronzes, Italian. Bronzes Italy. Bronze sculpture, Italian. Bronzes italiens. Sculpture en bronze italienne. 1 Kg.
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Published by London : Phaidon Press, 1958
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance; from the library of Milne Henderson with the owner's bookplate. Series; An introduction to Italian sculpture ; 2. Physical description; 363 pages, [194] pages of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Biographies p. 267-357. Subjects; Sculpture, Renaissance Italy. Sculpture, Italian Renaissance. Sculpture, Renaissance Italy. Sculpture, Italian. Sculpture, Italian History. Sculpture, Renaissance Italy. Sculpture - [15/16th Centuries - Italy]. Italy. Renaissance. Sculpture. Italian Art. Italy sculpture plates. Italian Renaissance sculpture. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. 2 Kg.
Published by London : Home and Van Thal, 1949
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First Edition. Provenance: Brenda Tomlinson's copy. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 29 p., [32] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. Subjects; Hilliard, Nicholas 1547-1619. Hilliard, Nicholas 1547-1619 Criticism and interpretation. Painters, British 16th century. Painters, British 17th century. Miniature painting. Miniature painting England. Hilliard, Nicholas (English painter, ca. 1547-1619) Criticism and interpretation. 1 Kg.
Published by London: Thames & Hudson, 1993
ISBN 10: 0500236593 ISBN 13: 9780500236598
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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: [224] p: ill. (some col.); 28 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 65). Subjects: Giovanni di Paolo approximately 1403-approximately 1482 Criticism and interpretation. Dante Alighieri 1265-1321. Paradiso; Illustrations. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Italian Italy Siena. Poetry Illustrations 15th century Italy. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance Italy. Genre: Criticism, interpretation, etc. 1 Kg.
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Published by London : Phaidon Press, 1958
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
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First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance; from the library of Milne Henderson with the owner's bookplate. Series; An introduction to Italian sculpture ; 2. Physical description; 363 pages, [194] pages of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Biographies p. 267-357. Subjects; Sculpture, Renaissance Italy. Sculpture, Italian Renaissance. Sculpture, Renaissance Italy. Sculpture, Italian. Sculpture, Italian History. Sculpture, Renaissance Italy. Sculpture - [15/16th Centuries - Italy]. Italy. Renaissance. Sculpture. Italian Art. Italy sculpture plates. Italian Renaissance sculpture. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. 2 Kg.
Published by London New York : Phaidon ; Boll, 1966
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Published by London : Phaidon Press, 1958
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First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance; from the library of Robin Shield with the owner's bookplate. Series; An introduction to Italian sculpture ; 2. Physical description; 363 pages, [194] pages of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Biographies p. 267-357. Subjects; Sculpture, Italian. Sculpture, Renaissance Italy. Sculpture, Italian Renaissance. Sculpture, Renaissance Italy. Sculpture, Italian. Sculpture, Italian History. Sculpture, Renaissance Italy. Italy. Renaissance. Sculpture. Italian Art. Italian Renaissance sculpture. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. 2 Kg.
Published by New York : Random House, 1993
ISBN 10: 0679428216 ISBN 13: 9780679428213
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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 224 p : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 65) With English translation of Dante's Paradiso. Contents; Introduction -- The illuminations / by Giovanni di Paolo -- Dante's Paradiso / translated by Charles Singleton. Subjects; Giovanni di Paolo approximately 1403-approximately 1482 Criticism and interpretation. Dante Alighieri 1265-1321. Paradiso ; Illustrations.Giovanni di Paolo. Dante Alighieri 1265-1321. Divina Commedia. 1 Kg.
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First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance; from the library of Robin Shield with the owner's bookplate. Series; An introduction to Italian sculpture ; 2. Physical description; 363 pages, [194] pages of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Biographies p. 267-357. Subjects; Sculpture, Italian. Sculpture, Renaissance Italy. Sculpture, Italian Renaissance. Sculpture, Renaissance Italy. Sculpture, Italian. Sculpture, Italian History. Sculpture, Renaissance Italy. Italy. Renaissance. Sculpture. Italian Art. Italian Renaissance sculpture. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. 2 Kg.