Frameworks Form Function & Ornament in European Portrait Frames

Mitchell Paul & Lynn Roberts

ISBN 10: 1858940370 / ISBN 13: 9781858940373

Published by Paul Mitchell in Association with Merrell Holberton, London, 1996

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Near Fine in a very good ++ jacket with minor wear on the ends PP 480 index.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Frameworks Form Function & Ornament in European Portrait Frames
• Publisher: Paul Mitchell in Association with Merrell Holberton, London
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1858940370
• ISBN 13: 9781858940373
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good ++
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

This highly acclaimed landmark publication provides a beautifully illustrated guide to the most familiar frame styles associated with the major European artistic movements from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. By considering the frame historically, in both its wider physical context and its formal relationship to the work of art, this detailed visual history reveals the extent to which a frame can enhance our appreciation of a picture.

About the Author

Paul Mitchell is a frame historian and consultant of international reputation whose writing on European frames has appeared in specialist periodicals and exhibition catalogues. lynn roberts is an art historian specializing in the history of picture frames. She has published several articles and essays, particularly on nineteenth-century frames.