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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. This new volume in the Frick Diptych series features an essay by Frick curator Marie-Laure Buku Pongo paired with a contribution by world-renowned conductor and keyboardist William Christie. These two cabinets, stamped BVRB, may well be the last pieces of furniture made by the celebrated Parisian cabinetmaker Bernard van Risenburgh II just before he retired in 1764 and sold his workshop to his son, Bernard van Risenburgh III, who finished them. The cabinets feature panels of black-and-gold Japanese lacquer of exceptionally high quality taken from a seventeenth-century Japanese cabinet, chest, or screen. Beginning in the 1730s, the older van Risenburgh worked almost exclusively with the influential marchands-merciers or merchants of luxury goods, who provided the cabinetmaker with the rare and costly Oriental lacquers and sometimes with the design for the furniture on which to mount them. AUTHORS: Marie-Laure Buku Pongo is assistant curator of Decorative Arts, The Frick Collection, New York. William Christie is a conductor and harpsichordist. A specialist in the baroque and classical repertoire he is the founder of the ensemble Les Arts Florissants. SELLING POINTS: . New volume in the best selling Frick Diptych Series that began with Holbein's Sir Thomas More by Hilary Mantel. . Volume 16 focuses on two exceptional pieces of furniture made by BVRB, considered to be one of the outstanding cabinetmaking families working in eighteenth-century Paris. Features a contribution by award-winning musician William Christie. . Other examples of Van Risenburgh works can be found in the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; J Paul Getty Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 40 colour illustrations This new volume in the Frick Diptych series features an essay by Frick curator Marie-Laure Buku Pongo paired with a contribution by world-renowned conductor and keyboardist William Christie Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. 37 eternal reflections that have flowed through the tides of time to soothe the spirit, presented within a unique framework of rare sixteenth century art and striking contemporary images, a glorious sequel to Love & Wisdom. The eternal reflections in this new volume have flowed through the tides of time to soothe the spirit. This special gift book with gilded edges takes the reader on an uplifting journey with inspirational quotes that are as relevant today as they were centuries ago. Stunning photographs of water, and its beauty in nature, are framed by rare 16th century Illumination manuscript borders to showcase poignant messages of love, joy, grief, resilience, gratitude, enlightenment, and peace. Author Alexandra Villard de Borchgrave's moving introduction, in which she writes of her personal loss, inspires the reader to re-embark on the spiritual journey started in Love & Wisdom. AUTHOR: Alexandra Villard de Borchgrave has built a reputation as a photojournalist, author, poet, and philanthropist. Her photographs have appeared on the covers of internationally renowned publications, such as Newsweek and Paris Match. She is the co-author of Villard: The Life and Times of an American Titan (2001), and the author of Healing Light: Thirty Messages of Love, Hope, and Courage (2005); Heavenly Order: Twenty Five Meditations of Wisdom and Harmony (2008); Beloved Spirit: Pathways to Love, Grace, and Mercy (2011), To Catch A Thought: 50 Reflections for the Heart (2014); and Love and Wisdom: 37 Timeless Reflections. Mrs. de Borchgrave founded the nonprofit organization, the Light of Healing Hope Foundation, in 2010 with the mission of giving books as gifts to hospitals and hospices to bring comfort and healing to those in need. SELLING POINT: . A stunning sequel to Love & Wisdom. Images from sixteenth century art from the Smithsonian's Freer/Sackler Gallery and contemporary photographs from the National Geographic Image Collection. 50 colour illustrations Love & Peace is a heartening, emotive, and enchanting book, a wonderful gift that will bring comfort and hope. A stunning sequel to Love & Wisdom, combining exquisite sixteenth century art from the Smithsonian's FreerSackler Gallery with contemporary photographs, many from the National Geographic Image Collection and Getty Images. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. An accessible, single-volume, highly visual history that tells the remarkable story of four centuries of Black history in Virginia. Intended for general audiences, this publication presents a concise overview of four centuries of Black history in Virgini - from the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in 1619, through slavery and emancipation, segregation and the Civil Rights Movement, the election of the first Black President and present-day racial justice activism. Across these four centuries, Black Virginians have fought against various forms of oppression and, in the process, have brought about meaningful changes in American society. Their efforts have pushed our nation closer to its ideal of universal equality, yet America still struggles with widespread iniquities and systemic racism rooted in the long legacy of slavery and racial discrimination. Determined presents a chronological survey of this history through the stories of thirty five key individuals and events in Virginia that shaped the fight for Black equity. Although focused on Virginia, this is very much an American story, not only because Black people have shaped America's economic, political, and cultural identity, but also because Virginia has played a formative and central role in national race relations. Determined fills a great need for an accessible, responsible, comprehensive, and current publication about the history of race and racism in the Commonwealth since 1619. This need is particularly urgent given the events of 2020 which have prompted a national reckoning with our long history of systemic racism. Determined will foster a greater understanding of how we got to this moment, while also providing inspiration for how to make change and move our nation ever-closer to its ideal of universal equality. AUTHOR: Dr. Karen Sherry is a curator specialising in American history and material culture with 20 years of museum experience. Since 2017, she has served as a curator at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture (Virginia Historical Society), where she organised the exhibitions Determined: The 400-Year Struggle for Black Equality and Agents of Change: Female Activism in Virginia from Women's Suffrage to Today. Previously, she held curatorial positions at the Portland Museum of Art (Maine, 20122015) and Brooklyn Museum (20052012). Sherry has published, lectured, and organised exhibitions on a range of topics related to American history and culture. She has also received numerous fellowships and grants, including from the National Endowment for the Arts, Luce Foundation, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Smithsonian Institution. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in art history from the University of Delaware, and a B.A. from Boston University. 147 colour illustrations Determined explores 400 years of Black history through the stories of key figures and events in Virginia that shaped the fight for Black equity. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The study of Byzantine coins is essentially the study of communications and movement of people and ideas, within and outside Byzantium. This highly illustrated and accessible volume focuses on over 50 coins to explore the empire's political and socio-economic development and cultural relations with its neighbours. It looks variously at city markets and the exchange of goods between different parts of the Byzantine Empire; at Byzantines travelling to the West; including trade between the Svear and the Romans and trade with Britain; Byzantines travelling to the East, including Armenia, Anatolia and China; the Byzantine legacy in the Islamic world, including the cult of Alexander the Great; and Western merchants in the East, particularly Venetians. The study concludes with the story of the late Byzantine emperors travelling to the West, and the impact their journeys had on western European art. AUTHOR: Eurydice S. Georganteli is curator of the Barber Institute Coin Collection and Lecturer in Numismatics at the University of Birmingham. Eurydice Georganteli studied archaeology and history of art at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the University of Oxford. Between 1992 and 1998 she worked for the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, as well as special research assistant in the Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum. She has been a Byzantine Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks Centre,Washington D.C. and a Robinson Scholar at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, before her current appointment at the University of Birmingham as curator of the Barber Institute coin collection and university lecturer in numismatics. Her publications focus on studies of coin finds, monetary circulation and medieval art. Barrie Cook is curator of Medieval and early modern coinage in the Department of Coins and Medals at The British Museum. He has published extensively on medieval coinage. 80 colour illustrations Presents a survey of the methods and means of the exchange of goods within the Byzantine empire. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stiff color pictorial wraps. Slightly rubbed corners, slightly soiled bottom text block edge, otherwise essentially as issued. 192 pp. 1st ptg. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This tenth volume in the Double Exposure series presents a variety of powerful photographs that feature the American flag. This volume coincides with the 10th anniversary of the opening of the NMAAHC and celebrations surrounding the signing of the Declaration of Independence 250 years ago. It illustrates how the American flag carries multiple meanings across generations. From soldiers saving Old Glory and veterans' families holding tight a memorial banner, to political activists, sports figures, and everyday Americans waving the Stars and Stripes, African Americans have made the flag their own. While some images celebrate the patriotism and the pride of national identities, others speak to the complex histories of America and the paradox of liberty. The book presents photographs that date from the Civil War to the present day and shows work by celebrated photographers including Anthony Barboza, James Karales, Gordon Parks, Platon, and Maurice Sorrell alongside contemporary images by Sheila Pree Bright, Lola Flash, Zun Lee, Michael McCoy, Rashod Taylor, and others. AUTHORS: Aaron Bryant is curator of photography, visual anthropology, and contemporary history at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Laura Coyle is assistant director for collection cataloging and digitization at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Michele Gates Moresi is assistant director of collections at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. SELLING POINTS: . Double Exposure is a major book series based on the remarkable collection held by the Center for African American Media Arts, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, Washington DC. . Each volume in the series provides a striking visual record of key historical events, cultural touchstones, as well as private and communal moments that help to illuminate African American life. . Inspiring, carefully selected photographs examine definitions of Americanism and the relationships between African American subjects and the American flag. 60 illustrations This tenth volume in the Double Exposure series presents a variety of powerful photographs that feature the American flag Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The first volume in a major new series which offers a compelling glimpse into the transformative and revolutionary world of HBCUs, to uncover the complex stories that their collections tell us. This book, featuring objects from the museums and archives at five HBCUs-Jackson State, Tuskegee, Florida A&M, Clark Atlanta, and Texas Southern Universities, attests to the aesthetic value of African American cultural production on university campuses, the persistent development and expansion of HBCU academic programs, and the dynamics of student-led activism on campuses and throughout surrounding communities. Organized into four main sections, focusing on the partner institutions, arts, academics, and activism, this remarkable assembly of images will inspire readers to engage with, reflect on, and examine the unforgettable stories they represent. Of the five HBCUs included, each one's museum or archives tell a unique story, from detailed community histories and accounts of civil-rights era activism to premiere collections of African American art. Together, these institutions paint a powerful and multifaceted picture of African American academia and beyond. AUTHORS: Dorothy Berry is digital curator, Office of Digital Strategy and Engagement, NMAAHC. Kinshasha Holman Conwill is deputy director emerita, NMAAHC. Jelani M. Favors is Henry E. Frye Distinguished Professor of History and Director, Center of Excellence for Social Justice, North Carolina A&T State University. Jeanelle K. Hope is Caterpillar Curator of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, NMAAHC. Marion McGee is program partnership manager, Office of Strategic Partnerships, NMAAHC. Tulani Salahu-Din is museum specialist, Language and Literature, Office of Curatorial Affairs, NMAAHC. SELLING POINTS: . These collections speak loudly from quiet spaces, in storage boxes and bins, on hallway walls and moveable racks, telling inspiring stories of Black genius, creativity, resistance, and perseverance. . Riveting stories reveal aspects of American history that would otherwise be lost to the nation. 80 colour illustrations The first volume in a major new series offering a compelling glimpse into the transformative and revolutionary world of HBCUs, that reveals the complex stories that their collections tell us. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Features remarkable portraits of African Americans before and after Emancipation, including images of young African American soldiers in Civil War-era military uniform. Pictures with Purpose, the seventh volume in the Double Exposure series, explores images from the NMAAHC's collection of nineteenth and early twentieth-century photography that includes daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, cyanotypes, stereographs, and other early photographic forms. The volume looks at how early photographs of and by African Americans were circulated and used, and considers their meaning, for the sitter, for the photographer, and for the owner of the photograph. Particularly significant is how African Americans used photography to shape their image within and beyond their communities. Pictures with Purpose features images of unknown African Americans before and after Emancipation - including children, couples, images of young African American soldiers in Civil War-era military uniform, and African American nursemaids with their white charges. Also included are photographs of renowned African Americans such as Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, and Mary Church Terrell. Photographers include J.P. Ball, Cornelius M. Battey, Matthew Brady, Frances B. Johnston, and Augustus Washington. AUTHORS: Tanya Sheehan is Chair of the Department of Art at Colby College and an early photography scholar. Lonnie G. Bunch III is the Founding Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Michele Gates Moresi is Supervisory Museum Curator of Collections at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Laura Coyle is Head of Cataloguing and Digitization at National Museum of African American History and Culture. SELLING POINTS: . Seventh volume in the Double Exposure photography series . Considers how African Americans used photography to shape their image within and beyomd their Communities 50 colour and b/w photographs Features remarkable portraits of African Americans before and after Emancipation, including images of young African American soldiers in Civil War-era military uniform. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Ninth volume in the Double Exposure series draws upon photographs in the NMAAHC's collection to explore the dynamic ways sports influence the social, political, and cultural life of African Americans. This book, organized around key periods in the history of African American sports from the turn of the twentieth century to today, looks at the role of athletes and sports and their impact on American culture both on and off the field. While the major sports in which African Americans participate most frequently-football, basketball, baseball, and boxing-are prominently featured, the book also includes images of male and female athletes, amateur and professional, competing in gymnastics, track and field, skiing, golf, tennis, and other sports. Photographers include Ernest C. Withers, Roderick J. Lyons, Walter Iooss Jr., Maurice Sorrell, and Moneta Sleet Jr., among others. Images of iconic moments in sports history-Jack Johnson vs. Jim Jeffries during the 1910 Fight of the Century, Jackie Robinson stealing home in 1952, and Colin Kaepernick taking a knee in 2016-are featured alongside photographs of more personal moments, including Larry Doby teaching his son how to hold a bat, Wilt Chamberlain in class at the University of Kansas, Wilma Rudolph standing outside her foundation, Muhammad Ali in conversation with Fannie Lou Hammer, and a young Venus Williams smiling after a practice session. AUTHORS: Damion L. Thomas PhD is a published author, speaker, and curator of sports at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. David K. Wiggins PhD is professor emeritus of Sport Studies at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. Domonique Foxworth is a writer, commentator, retired American football cornerback, and former president of the National Football League Players Association. SELLING POINTS: . Double Exposure&is a major book series based on the remarkable collection held by the Center for African American Media Arts, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, Washington DC . Each volume in the series provides a striking visual record of key historical events, cultural touchstones, as well as private and communal moments that help to illuminate African American life. . Engages with African American history through the lens of sport photography. . Inspiring, carefully selected photographs convey the vital space that sports hold in the African American fight for greater rights, freedoms, and acceptance of African American cultural contributions. 60 colour illustrations Ninth volume in the Double Exposure series draws upon photographs in the NMAAHC's collection to explore the dynamic ways sports influence the social, political, and cultural life of African Americans. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A Caravaggio "first", this accessible and attractive illustrated volume focuses on one of the famous artist's most iconic artworks, Victorious Cupid. Usually housed at the Gemaeldegalerie in Berlin, Victorious Cupid (1601-02) by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) is the centrepiece in a new focus exhibition at The Wallace Collection. Caravaggio's painting, also known as Amor Vincit Omnia, shows Cupid, the Roman god of desire, as a young boy, in an animated pose while wearing dark eagle wings and holding two arrows. It was the last allegorical work Caravaggio painted in Rome. The music manuscript on the floor shows a large V in the margin of the right-hand page which is believed to acknowledges Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani (1564-1537), who commissioned the painting, and is said to have prized Victorious Cupid above all other works in his collection. This richly illustrated softcover print publication features an introduction by the director of The Wallace Collection, Xavier Bray, followed by five illustrated chapters by the volume's principal author, Helen Langdon. A description of the painting and summary of Caravaggio's early life, present Victorious Cupid against the background of his artistic development and the intellectual interests of his patrons, and within the broader context of the theme of "love conquers all". Langdon examines the meaning of the painting, and considers how Caravaggio brings the subject to earth, from the heavens to the bedroom, mocking the idealisations of renaissance art. AUTHOR: Helen Langdon has worked for the education department at the National Gallery, British Museum and National Portrait Gallery, London. She is the author of Caravaggio: A Life (1999) and the editor of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque sections of the Macmillan Dictionary of Art. 60 colour illustrations A Caravaggio "first", this accessible and attractive illustrated volume focuses on one of the famous artist's most iconic artworks, Victorious Cupid Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This volume, coinciding with the opening of permanent Art of the Americas galleries at the Walters Art Museum in 2025, examines how, for people in the Indigenous Americas, materials had and continue to have a life of their own. Ancient and modern craftspeople shaped jade, gold, feathers, and clay into exquisite artworks, but the meanings of those objects are intertwined with the living essence of the raw materials themselves. Thirty-five highlights, ancient to contemporary, provide a window into the spiritual and intellectual context in which these objects were understood by the Indigenous people who made and used them. AUTHORS: Ellen Hoobler is the William B. Ziff, Jr. Curator of Art of the Americas at the Walters Art Museum. Patricia Lagardeis the Wieler-Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow, Art of the Americas at the Walters Art Museum. SELLING POINTS: . Fully bilingual English/Spanish edition . Striking design gives the series a unique message with bold, important, enthusiastic and passionate associations. . Highlights the strengths, variety, and sheer wonder of the Walters Art Museum's unique collections spanning seven millennia. . Powerful and provocative essays by leading senior director of Collections and Curatorial Affairs & senior curator of Ancient Art. . Fulfils demand for an illustrated, accessible, non-academic publication at an affordable price point. 60 colour illustrations *Fullybilingual English/Spanish edition*Examines how, for people in theIndigenous Americas, materials had and continue to have a life of their own. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. New volume in the Cleveland Masterwork Series focuses on a studio of important late nineteenth through early twentieth-century Japanese ceramic artists. This is the first comprehensive look in English at the Seifu Yohei Ceramic Studio in Kyoto, from the Meiji period (18681912) to the mid Showa period (192689), the James and Christine Heusinger Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art as its core material. The principal essay provides a biography of Seifu Yohei III, the star of the studio and the first ceramist to be named an Imperial Household Artist, as well as an overview of the studio that contextualises it in the world of literati painting, sencha (steeped green tea) and international trade. A second essay offers a brief history of porcelain production in Kyoto, as well as a discussion of objects produced by the Seifu studio for sencha. This catalogue of a hundred works examines the wide variety of forms, decorative techniques and glazes that made the studio's works unique. AUTHORS: Shinya Maezaki is a professor at Kyoto Women's University. Sinead Vilbar is curator of Japanese Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art. SELLING POINTS: . Features the Seifu Yohei Ceramic Studio in Kyoto from the Meiji period (1868-1912) to early Showa period (1926-89) . Focuses on the domestic market vs. international market, modernization vs. Westernization, and China as a cultural model . Biographical essay on Seifu Yohei III . Essay on sencha . Great photography of Seifu works displaying a great variety of techniques, glazes, and forms 160 colour illustrations New volume in the Cleveland Masterwork Series focuses on a studio of important late nineteenth through early twentieth-century Japanese ceramic artists. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Explores the lasting legacy of the work of the French artist Eugene Louis Charvot, best known for his paintings of sun-filled North African street scenes and the French countryside. This publication features the work of French artist Eugene Louis Charvot (1847-1924), a distinguished painter and printmaker. Recognised in his time, Charvot's work was lost to history and has been rediscovered in Jacksonville Florida. A fascinating individual, Charvot practiced medicine for many years but stated that his first love was art. Thus, despite the rigors of a prestigious medical career, Charvot devoted himself to the pursuit of his muse throughout his life. Inspired by the serene countryside of his youth, Charvot became a landscapist, and made his debut in 1876 at the annual Salon in Paris. Spending his medical career in the French military, Charvot was posted in colonial Tunisia (1885-89) and Algeria (1892-96), where he documented the life around him and sent oils back to Paris for entry in the SalonsAfter Charvot's death in 1924, his work fell into obscurity. His family preserved his award-winning etchings, his landscapes and Orientalist paintings as well as his unpublished diary, family letters and sketchbooks. Charvot's daughter, Yvonne Charvot Barnett, brought the majority of his work to Jacksonville, Florida where the discovery of these extensive holdings has led to a reevaluation of Charvot's work and a resurrection of the reputation of this accomplished artist. The works now reside in the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, as the Charvot Collection. Through an in-depth review of his career as an artist, this new volume highlights Charvot's breadth of processes, productivity and inspiration in painting, etching and drawing. With a focus on family portraits, pastoral country scenes, nocturnes and North African genre and street scenes, the book weaves family photographs, journal entries and excerpts from family letters to recreate the world view that informed Charvot's oeuvre AUTHOR: Susan M. Gallo is associate director of education at the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens in Jacksonville, Florida. She is a former fellow at both the Toledo Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. 60 colour illustrations Explores the lasting legacy of the work of the French artist Eugene Louis Charvot, best known for his paintings of sun-filled North African street scenes and the French countryside. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. These selected works highlight the beauty of everyday occasions and feature photography and films by known and lesser-known artists. Everyday Beauty features fifty-five images that pay visual tribute to the extraordinary style and aesthetic of African American figures, famous and anonymous, by highlighting themes of self-representation, resilience, and civic engagement. The photographs depict people across generations showing how staged and candid moments can be both beautiful and precious. African Americans have long recognised the power of images and used them to document moments - from the monumental to everyday. This latest volume in the critically acclaimed Double Exposure series presents a range of photographic styles by celebrated photographers - such as Anthony Barboza, Charles "Teenie" Harris, Addison Scurlock, Louis H. Draper, Devin Allen (2017 Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship recipient), Arthur Rothstein, and Dawoud Bey (awarded the MacArthur Fellows Program, MacArthur Fellowship, or "Genius Grant" in 2017)-as well as snapshots by unknown amateurs. There are remarkable images by African American photographer John Johnson - whose plate glass negatives offer a rare glimpse into the everyday life of African Americans in Lincoln, Nebraska before World War I - and studio portraits by the Calvert Brothers of Nashville, Tennessee, and William J. Kuebler, Jr. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from the early twentieth century. AUTHOR: Robin Givhan is a staff writer and the Washington Post fashion critic. Her work has appeared in Harper's Bazaar, Essence, Vogue, New York magazine, The Daily Beast, and the New Yorker. In 2015 she published her first solo book, The Battle of Versailles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled into the Spotlight and Made History (Flatiron Books). In 2006 she received the Pulitzer Prize in criticism "for her witty, closely observed essays that transform fashion criticism into cultural criticism." Givhan received a Bachelor of Arts in English (Princeton University, 1986) and a Masters of Science in Journalism (University of Michigan, 1988). SELLING POINTS: . These selected works highlight the beauty of everyday occasions . Features photos by, amongst many others, Wayne F. Miller, Arthur Rothstein, Charles "Teenie" Harris, Al Pereira, Frank L. Stewart, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe and Dawoud Bey, who has just been named as MacArthur Foundation 2017 'Genius' Grant Winner 60 colour images These selected works highlight the beauty of everyday occasions Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR A wonderful range of art objects from Byzantium and Mamluk Egypt during the crusading periods, which inform debates about East and West interaction today. This entirely new volume illuminates the complex intersection of western and eastern culture and civilization in the Eastern Mediterranean during the period of the Crusades from the eleventh to late thirteenth century; in particular it presents and studies 20 Byzantine and Mamluk Egyptian artworks and illuminated manuscripts drawn both from the collections of the Museum and external loans. The diverse artworks, ceramic bowls, Sgraffito ware, gold coins, glass jewellery and leafs from the Qu'ran, and other illuminated manuscripts - are presented in broad chronological and thematic sections, each with an introductory text by a Professor Martin Bommas of the Museum, and other guest authors. These sections look at these objects within the broad context of the Crusades and the history of the Byzantine Empire and Mamluk Egypt, as well as considering reception to, and presentation of, Mamluk heritage in modern-day Cairo, and the reception of object of non-European heritage in Australia. In addition to the main sections and presentation of the objects, many also illustrated using wonderful color details for the section openers, the volume will include a timeline, selected bibliography and brief biographies of the contributing authors. AUTHOR: Professor Martin Bommas is director of the Museum of Ancient Cultures and the Qubbet el-Hawa Research Project at Macquarie University, NSW. A wonderful range of art objects from Byzantium and Mamluk Egypt during the crusading periods, which inform debates about East and West interaction today. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This publication is an entirely new study of the Armenian people from the late 5th to the early 20th century. Taking as its starting point the internationally important collection of Armenian illuminated manuscripts in the collection of the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, the authors have selected over 20 of the rarest and most beautiful of these to tell the history of the Armenian people, their art and literature. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. …

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. An accessible, softcover volume which takes up the unfinished conversation about what it is to be a descendant member of the Black community in Newport, RI, and beyond, today. There is a world of something in the nkisi bundle, and that world was brought to Newport, Rhode Island, where Black descendant communities-since the beginning of Newport's relationship with the transatlantic slave trade-were dispersed by the wind at sea, allowing the cycles of African and African identities to begin again and flower into the vibrant community of today and its continued work toward freedom-making.-Dr. Akeia de Barros Gomes The Edward W. Kane and Martha J. Wallace Center for Black History is housed in the city of Newport's oldest documented home at the Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House (ca. 1697). The title, Echoes from the Attic, comes from the discovery of a nkisi, a spirit bundle found under the floorboards of the house during its restoration; the bundle is the springboard for this new publication which features contributions from scholars, and from members of the descendant community in Newport. Moving beyond the Gilded Age and stories of Black wealth and enterprise, there are also stories of slavery, of resistance, of regeneration, and persistence. Edited by Dr. Akeia de Barros Gomes. Contributions by Rebecca Bertrand, Kaela Bleho and Zoe Hume, Akeia de Barros Gomes, Kimberly Conway Dumpson and John M. Rice, and Anthony Bogues. With stories from members of the descendant community in Newport. An accessible, softcover volume which takes up the unfinishedconversation about what it is to be a descendent member of the Black Communityin Newport, RI, and beyond, today. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Packed with fascinating facts, compelling images, and little-known nuggets of information, this new go-to illustrated guide to the history of the Library of Congress will appeal to history buffs and general readers alike. It distils over two hundred years of history into an engaging read that makes a Washington icon relevant today. A new visual history of the Library of Congress from its creation in 1800 to the present day. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. With many illustrations in color, a few in black & white, a bibliography and index. 200 pages. 4to. Hardcover, in a dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. (2015), 560pp, illus., slight shelfwear to cover, small tear to top edge of one pg, contents clean & unmarked.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. An accessible, lightweight, and affordable guide showing the breadth of the Chrysler's collections through forty masterworks that are consistently on view in the museum's galleries. The Chrysler Museum of Art's expansive collection contains more than 30,000 objects across history and the globe. This compelling new guide offers a snapshot of the collection through forty key works consistently on view in the Museum's galleries in Norfolk, Virginia. Lusciously illustrated, each object is accompanied by entries by the Museum's curators offering compelling insights into their history, makers, and meaning. Chrysler Museum of Art: 40 Works is perfect for those who want something to guide their visit throughout the galleries, or to take home with them as a souvenir of their experiences. AUTHORS: Mark Castro, Ph.D., is director of curatorial affairs, Chrysler Museum of Art. Lloyd DeWitt, PhD, is the former senior curator and Irene Leache Curator of European Art, Chrysler Museum of Art. Carolyn Swan Needell is the Carolyn and Richard Barry Curator of Glass at the Chrysler Museum of Art. Chelsea Pierce is McKinnon Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Chrysler Museum of Art. Corey Piper is the Brock Curator of American Art at the Chrysler Museum of Art. 55 colour illustrations An accessible, lightweight and affordable guide showing the breadth of the Chryslers collections through 40 masterworks that are consistently on view in the museums galleries. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. An important survey of art from a little-studied period of Romanian art history "It is truly extraordinary to me that so much beauty has sprung from such dark times in Romania, and that is what this book wishes to capture. Art speaks its own language." - From the Preface Despite Ceausescu focuses on 91 works, by 13 artists - Horia Bernea, Stefan Caltia, Marin Gherasim, Vasile Gorduz, Marcel Guguianu, Sorin Ilfoveanu, Georgeta Naparus, Ion Nicodim, Ion Pacea, Corneliu Petrescu, Silvia Radu, Gheorghe Saru and Icon workshop - drawn from the 900-work Tyler Collection of Romanian Art at the University of Tasmania. The paintings, sculpture, and ceramics were created by artists during the 1970s and 1980s. Fully illustrated throughout in colour -with catalogue plates and a checklist - each work of art features an entry with specifications, artist biographical information, stylistic influences, significance and social context, as well as notes. The photographs are by Lee Ewing, sculpture photographer at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. AUTHOR: Frances Tyler headed Publications at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, for nearly three decades and then became their strategic planning officer. she has lived in Washington, DC for almost fifty years. 150 colour illustrations An important survey of art from a little-studied period of Romanian art history. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

LARGE PAPERBACK. 72pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white, color, & sepia. (55 works). Includes catalogue of Drawings, Prints, Designs, Watercolours & Archive Material. Double columned text. Essays by Tim Barringer, Angela Thirlwell, & Laura MacCulloch. Foreword by Rita McLean. Exhibition: 24 August-14 December 2008. Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. Fine. (pristine copy, appears never read. no writings or marks).…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A signature souvenir volume celebrating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution and exploring its legacy in Virginia. This highly illustrated publication marks the origins of a revolutionary new nation, focusing on the years 1775 and 1776, the events that preceded and followed, and the people who contributed to its formation. The book recognizes Virginians who have become famous for their role in shaping the new nation, including Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and spotlights the multitude of ordinary people who were living and acting in those extraordinary times. Combining compelling modes of presentation with historic artifacts, artwork, and documents, the volume acknowledges the central notion that Virginia's history is America's story: complex, diverse, and inspiring. Publication accompanies an exhibition at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture, and the American Revolution Museum, Yorktown, VA. AUTHORS: Antonio T. Bly is Peter H. Shattuck Endowed Chair in Colonial American History at California State University, Sacramento. Woody Holton is the McCausland Professor of History at the University of South Carolina. Sarah E. McCartney is assistant teaching professor, National Institute of American History & Democracy, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA. Alan Shaw Taylor is a historian and scholar who is the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor of History at the University of Virginia. Karin A. Wulf is a historian and the Beatrice and Julio Mario Santo Domingo Director and Librarian of the John Carter Brown Library in Providence, RI. SELLING POINTS: . Celebrates an eponymous traveling exhibition on view at the Virginian Museum of History & Culture and the American Revolution Museum in Yorktown, Virginia. . Offers an experience that complements the rich and immersive, experiential, and inclusive content of the accompanying exhibition. . Incorporates the key theme and four supporting elements identified and approved by the Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission (VA250). 94 colour ilustrations A signature souvenir volume celebrating the250th anniversary of the American Revolution and exploring its legacy inVirginia. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Celebrating one of Raphael's most beguiling and enigmatic paintings, his Portrait of a Lady with a Unicorn of 1505-6, from the Galleria Borghese in Rome, this fully illustrated volume presents extensive new research and conservation work in a clear and engaging way. It features two essays by leading specialists in 16th-century Renaissance art, Dr. Mary Shay-Millea and Dr. Linda Wolk-Simon. They explore, respectively, the stylistic relationship between this masterpiece and Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, also dating from this period, and the link between the work and Petrarch's notions of beauty in Renaissance art, as well as attributions and the painting's distinct iconography. The painting poses many interesting questions about both nuptial imagery and patronage during the 15th and 16th centuries. Esther Bell presents details of the painting's conservation; recent x-rays of the panel have revealed that the animal figure was originally intended to be a dog, and was altered, possibly as a result of a change to the terms of the artist's commission when the unknown sitter's marriage was called off. With a thoroughly researched chronology and bibliography, 'Sublime Beauty' is an important contribution to the existing research on Raphael's iconic painting and to the study of the artist's working practice. AUTHOR: Esther Bell is curator in charge of European paintings at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Mary Shay-Millea is an independent scholar based in New York, and formerly a Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum Linda Wolk-Simon is the director and chief curator of Bellarmine Museum of Art at Fairfield University, CT 33 colour illustrations Celebrates one of Raphael's most beguiling and enigmatic paintings, Woman with a Unicorn of 1506-9 Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Designed to foster critical engagement and interest the specialist and non-specialist alike, each book in the Frick Diptych series illuminates a single work in the Frick's rich collection with an essay by a Frick curator paired with a contribution from a contemporary artist or writer. The White Horse (1819) by John Constable (17761837) is the first of the series of the "six-footers," monumental landscapes of the English countryside that would become the artist's most famous works. Constable described the scene as "a placid representation of a serene, grey morning, summer." Years later, he said, "there are generally in the life of an artist perhaps one, two or three pictures, on which hang more than usual interest - this is mine". An essay by Aimee Ng, Frick Curator, paired with a contribution by artist William Kentridge bring to life one of Constable's most serene depictions of rural life, the artist's personal favorite. AUTHORS: William Kentridge (born 28 April 1955) is a South African artist whose work spans a diverse range of artistic media such as drawing, performance, film, printmaking, sculpture and painting. Kentridge has also directed a number of acclaimed operas and theatrical productions. Aimee Ng is a curator at The Frick Collection, New York, and is a specialist in Italian Renaissance art. 38 colour illustrations An essay by Aimee Ng, Frick Curator, paired with a contribution by artist William Kentridge bring to life one of Constable's most serene depictions of rural life, the artist's personal favorite. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. This exceptional, beautifully illustrated book takes the reader on a spiritual journey through the heart of love and wisdom to discover uplifting inspirational quotes that are as relevant today as they were centuries ago. These are all framed by an extraordinary combination of exquisite sixteenth century art from the Smithsonian Institution's Freer Sackler Gallery, and stunning contemporary images of the heavens, many from National Geographic Creative. This is a book to be treasured as much for its visual delight- jewel-like images enhanced by gilded-edged pages - as its life-affirming words. AUTHOR: Alexandra Villard de Borchgrave has built a reputation as a photojournalist, author, poet, and philanthropist. Her photographs have appeared on the covers of internationally renowned publications, such as Newsweek and Paris Match. She is the co-author of Villard: The Life and Times of an American Titan (2001), and the author of Healing Light: Thirty Messages of Love, Hope, and Courage (2005); Heavenly Order: Twenty Five Meditations of Wisdom and Harmony (2008); Beloved Spirit: Pathways to Love, Grace, and Mercy (2011), and To Catch A Thought: 50 Reflections for the Heart (2014). SELLING POINTS: . The 37 timeless reflections in this book have survived through space and time, offering inspiration. . A heartening, emotive and enchanting book, a wonderful gift that will bring comfort and hope. 50 colour illustrations This exceptional, beautifully illustrated book takes the reader on a spiritual journey through the heart of love and wisdom to discover uplifting inspirational quotes. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Stephen K. and Janie Woo Scher Collection of portrait medals is considered to be the world's greatest medals collection in private hands. This fully illustrated volume features twenty of the best objects in the collection, with a checklist of one hundred and sixty more, and an essay which highlights why the Scher collection is noted for its comprehensiveness and outstanding quality. An accessible introduction to a remarkable collection, this volume brings to life these masterpieces of small-scale sculpture, compellingly conveying the circumstances of their creation and their historic significance. A selection of some 160 portrait medals from the Scher collection is accompanied by an illustrated essay on the art of the medal, its origins, uses, and relationship to other arts. An in-depth scholarly publication that catalogues the entirety of this important collection-consisting of some 879 medals-is planned for a later date. AUTHOR: Aimee Ng is Associate Curator at The Frick Collection, NY, and a specialist in Italian Renaissance art. SELLING POINTS: . A compact guide to one of the best portrait medal collections in the world . Includes an essay on the art of the medal from the 15th- to the 19th-century in Italy, Germany, France, the Netherlands and England . Beautiful images makes this an accessible and appealing introduction to the subject 40 colour A compact guide to one of the best medal collections in the world. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…