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Published by Thames & Hudsion, London, England, 1996
ISBN 10: 050055028XISBN 13: 9780500550281
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Hardcover. light blue cloth w/ gilt tiling & printing. 64 pgs w/ bw illustration. light blue cloth slipcase w/ gilt emblem. In 1913, outraged by Henri Matisse's painterly violations of the female body, students of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago found him guilty of "artistic murder" and "rapine" and proceeded to burn in effigy three of his works, including the Blue Nude of 1907. Since that time, Matisse's paintings of women have remained a source of deep controversy. In Pleasuring Painting, John Elderfield skillfully picks his way through the knotty politics of painterly pleasure, tracing the development of Matisse's feminine representations from Carmelina of 1903/4 through to the odalisques of the Nice period of the 1920s, offering a startling reinterpretation of some of the artist's best-known works. The author shows that Matisse was not, as his legend suggests, simply a painter of quintessentially male pleasures, but rather one who used his female models as a means of self-analysis and identification. Near Fine. pgs clean & bright; tight binding. slipcase has scuffs & scratches.
Hardcover. red cloth boards w/ white illustrated tiling. 445 pp. 34 color, 572 bw plates. Thames & Hudson edition. No dust-jacket. Remains nice copy and a wonderful resource on the artist. Lovely tipped-in color plates. VG (light scuffs & scratches to boards; edge-wear to lower. light rubbing to corners. spine ends crinkled; upper bumped & creased. light foxing to textblock edge. interior remains bright).
Published by Thames & Hudsion, London, England, 1982
ISBN 10: 0500233578ISBN 13: 9780500233573
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Hardcover. blue cloth boards w/ gilt emblem & spine printing. Color-illustrated dust jacket, white lettering on black spine. 251 pp. Numerous illustration in BW and color. Photo is of a previous copy; this copy is the Thames & Hudson edition with identical pagination and dustjacket design as the American Rizzoli edition. Good/Good- (ex-libris w/ embossed stamp to front endpaper. scuffs, scratches to boards; light sunning to edges. front board curled. back spine gutter has puncture/tear from bruise/bump. dustjacket upper edges have pronounced curling w/ harsh edge-wear chips & tears; lower edge rubbed & curled w/ small tears, chips; upper corners harshly rubbed; tear to back spine gutter; back has old price-sticker).
Published by Thames & Hudsion, London, England, 1989
ISBN 10: 0500275386ISBN 13: 9780500275382
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Softcover. glossy blue wraps w/ illustrations & white priting. 524 pgs w/ color & bw illustrations throughout. Illustrated throughout. Good+ (ex-museum w/ taped ID to lower spine; bookplate w/ stamps; no other markings evident. wraps scuffed & scratched; rubbed edge-wear. spine sunned. spine creased; slight split to opening textblock & center w/ binding firmly intact. shelf-wear to lower textblock.).
Hardcover. brown cloth boards w/ blind-stamped emblem, silver spine printing. 319 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. glossy tan & black pictorial dustjacket w/ white printing. "In this book, the Enlightenment derives its special appeal as the historical staging ground for an intellectual ferment across Europe and America. Dorinda Outram places ideas in their widest possible context, expounding upon their social, political, and cultural implications and how they condition society's conduct in a variety of ways. She looks at what "Enlightenment" meant to contemporaries, how it affected day-to-day life - for instance, by the spread of reading, the open discussion of religion and the relationship between the sexes, self-knowledge and introspection, scientific research, and advances in medicine."--Publisher/WorldCat. VG/VG (light scratches to boards; shelf-wear to lower boards. indentation to upper board edge. light bump to spine top. dustjacket has light wear to edges, spine & corners.).
Published by Thames & Hudsion, London, England, 1980
ISBN 10: 0500050341ISBN 13: 9780500050347
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Hardcover. bronze cloth boards w/ gilt emblem. 207 pgs. grey bw illustrated dustjacket w/ white printing. Remains a nice, bright and sharp copy. VG/Good+ (light wear to cloth boards & corners. spine ends bumped & crinkled. dustjacket scuffed & rubbed w/ light foxing; rubbed edge-wear w/ chips & tears; rubbing to corners & spines).
Published by Thames & Hudsion, London, England, 2014
ISBN 10: 050005181XISBN 13: 9780500051818
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Hardcover. 5 (illustrator). grey boards w/ blind-stamped emblem, silver spine printing. 304 pgs w/ bw & 188 color illustrations. rose dustjacket w/ bw illustrations, white printing. Light abrasion to upper textblock edge; no damage to page edges. "The Great Archaeologists takes the reader on a journey from the first attempt to establish just how ancient the "ancient past" really was, through the revelatory discovery of lost civilizations and unknown cultures, right up to today's search for explanations about the past. We meet Thomsen and Worsaae, Danish researchers and rivals, and Sanz de Sautuola and Abbé Breuil, who astonished the world with their discoveries of cave art. Controversial figures such as Heinrich Schliemann and the Hungarian Aurel Stein, plunderer of ancient manuscripts from Central Asia, are given new assessments. Little-known pioneers such as Max Uhle in Peru and Li Chi in China are set beside the giants in the field from Koldewey, Dörpfeld, and Woolley in the Near East, to Louis and Mary Leakey, who transformed knowledge of our African ancestry. Other indomitable women include Gertrude Bell, Kathleen Kenyon, and the script-decipherer Tatiana Proskouriakoff. Brian Fagan has assembled a team of some of the world's greatest living archaeologists to write knowledgeably and entertainingly about their distinguished predecessors in this handsome volume, full of fascinating anecdotes, personal accounts, and unexpected insights."--Amazon. Good+ (upper front & back board edges have bruise/indentations w/ creases. bump & crease to lower spine edge. smudges, wear to boards. dustjacket has creasing & rubbing to upper edges & spine ends; small tear to lower spine edge.).
Published by Thames & Hudsion, London, England, 2020
ISBN 10: 0500094241ISBN 13: 9780500094242
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Hardcover. brown boards w/ blind stamped emblem, gilt spine printing. 432 pgs w/ bw illustrations section of color plates. cream, illustrated paper dustjacket w/ blue printing. "This captivating collection of Vincent van Gogh's letters opens a window into the mind of one of history's greatest artists. Giving rare insight into his complicated relationships with family, friends, and other fellow artists, the letters describe his personal doubts, fears, and above all his overriding passion for his art. Introductions by the letters editors from the Van Gogh Museum highlight the most recent discoveries and theories surrounding Van Gogh's work and personal history. Illustrated with original manuscript letters, sketches, paintings, and photographs of correspondents, this book brings Van Gogh's story and work to life."--Amazon. VG+ (crinkling to spine ends w/ light rubbing. tightly bound; appears unread. dustjacket has edge-wear,
Published by Thames & Hudsion, London, England, 1974
ISBN 10: 0500850011ISBN 13: 9780500850015
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Hardcover. light brown cloth boards w/ gilt emblem & printing. 224 pgs w/ bw illustrations. glossy light orange & tan illustrated dustjacket. Remains a nice, bright copy. VG/VG- (ex-libris w/ embossed stamp to front endpaper. light shelf-wear to boards. light were to corners. rubbing, crinkling to spine ends. dustjacket scuffed & scratched; rubbing to spine ends & corners; light sunning to back spine edge & upper edge; foxing to interior.
Published by Thames & Hudsion, London, England, 1976
ISBN 10: 0500270805ISBN 13: 9780500270806
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Softcover. glossy green & tan illustrated wraps w/ tan printing. 112 pgs w/ bw illustrations. Illustrated throughout. VG- (scuffs, scratches to wraps; instances of rubbed edge-wear; tanning to back wrap. rubbing to corners w/ curling to upper. toning to pgs. remains tightly bound.).
Published by Thames & Hudsion, London, England, 1999
ISBN 10: 0500019711ISBN 13: 9780500019719
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Hardcover. navy boards w/ blue pictorial dustjacket, white printing. 256 pgs w/ primarily color illustrations. "Germany has a wealth of magnificent palaces and castles, rich in art and history. Photographed by Paolo Marton and described by a team of local scholars, this collection of photographs records an incredible number of architectural styles, from the Gothic severity of Schloss Gattorf to the fin-de-siecle madness of King Ludwig's Bavarian castles. Many, such as Berlin's Charlottenburg and Wurzburg's Residenz with its splendid Tiepolo frescoes are popular tourist sites. Others, equally grand, are relatively unknown. Here are enchanting pavilions, beautiful formal gardens, magnificent interiors and their priceless contents. The book also contains an introduction to the princely states, maps, a glossary and a bibliography."--Amazon. New/Sealed (remains in publisher's wraps; may have rubbing, bumping to corners, edges etc).
Published by Thames & Hudsion, London, England, 1982
ISBN 10: 0500340919ISBN 13: 9780500340912
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Hardcover. grey cloth boards w/ black emblem & black printing. 195 pgs w/ primarily bw illutrations, select color. glossy white illustrated dustjacket. Illustrated throughout; 168 illustrations, 15 color. VG-/Good+ (ex-libris w/ embossed stamp to front endpaper. wear, scratches to cloth; light sunning to edges. two corners bruised & creased. spine ends bumped. light foxing to all textblock edges w/ fine remnants to pg edges. dustjacket scuffed & scratched w/ foxing to edges; tears to upper corners; curling, creasing to edges; price sticker to back).
Published by Thames & Hudsion, London, England, 1981
ISBN 10: 0500340978ISBN 13: 9780500340974
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Hardcover. cream boards w/ gilt emblem, gilt spine printing. 364 pgs w/ bw illustrations. glossy cream illustrated dustjacket w/ black printing. Contain 544 Illustrations. VG-/VG- (boards scuffed & smudge; scoring to back. spine ends bumped w/ indentation, slight tear to tail. corners bumped & rubbed. upper textblock has speckled foxing. diagonal abrasion to textblock edge w/ fine rubbs to pg edges. dustjacket scuffed & scratched; curled edge-wear; tear to spine top; scoring to back; corners creased; price sticker to back).
Hardcover. tan cloth boards w/ gilt emblem, gilt spine printing. 451 pgs w/ bw illustrations. glossy tan & white illustrated dustjacket w/ white, black printing. Remains a nice, bright copy. Includes 400 monocrhome plates, 147 drawings and 158 illustrations. VG/VG (light scratches & small, spots of staining to cloth boards. light rubbing to corners. speckled & spotted foxing to upper textblock. dustjacket has scuffs & smudges; darkening & scuffing to spine w/ closed tear to top; toning to back).