Before Tibor died, he and Maira traveled extensively and collected images of the insane, inspired, and beautiful clothing and other body ornament. Here are photographs with no text beyond section headings; captions and credits are appended. Among the sections body art, accessories, tribes, standard ..
Nineteenth-century art expresses visually the awesome flood of energy that created the world we know today. Revolutions start the story -- first the American, then the French, leading to new forms of government and new ways for artists to view society and their own place within it. The Industrial Re..
Text: English, French (translation) Author: Boucher, Francois Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0810916932 ISBN-13: 9780810916937..
Providing an accompanying CD-ROM with QuickTime-format photos, a collection of panoramic landscape and cityscape photography draws on new 360-degree digital imaging technology and showcases images of such well-known landmarks as Notre-Dame, the Louvre, and the Champs-Elysées as well as numerous less..
"A splendid and long overdue appreciation of a peerless painter of fine interiors, with a vivid picture of American expatriate life in France."-Louis Auchincloss This stylish book re-creates the charmed life of two American expatriates in France at the turn of the 20th century-the noted artist Walte..
A mysterious box found in an old barn in Finland contains papers which detail how gnomes celebrate Christmas with games, music, food, and stories. Author: Poortvliet, Rien Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0810950170 ISBN-13: 9780810950177..
More than seven hundred illustrations mark a comprehensive discussion of the arts of the African continent, including Egypt, exploring the continent's artistic, as opposed to purely cultural, traditions and discussing a wide variety of art forms, including textiles, ceramics, and personal adornment...
Bound in publisher's original red cloth with the spine stamped in gilt. Author: LEE, Sherman E. Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Inc Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0810934140 ISBN-13: 9780810934146..
A Radiant Life presents the unequivocal voice of Nuala O'Faolain tackling a vast range of subjects from Catholicism to feminism, from Sinatra to Africa, and from Irish American culture to Islam and the West. Curious and funny, tender and scathing, O'Faolain's columns were never less than trenchant a..
Describes the careers and techniques of top illustrators, including Caldecott, Crane, Teniel, Lear, Wyeth, Dulac, Rackham, Potter, and Greenaway Author: Meyer, Susan E. Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0810980819 ISBN-13: 9780810980815..
Describes the careers and techniques of top illustrators, including Caldecott, Crane, Tenniel, Lear, Wyeth, Dulac, Rackham, Potter, and Greenaway Author: Meyer, Susan E. Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0810926946 ISBN-13: 9780810926943..
"A landmark book on our industry."-Clint Eastwood"A delightful book for browsing and sufficiently comprehensive for serious students. . . . Film buffs will appreciate the range and beauty of this well-written and fully illustrated movie compendium."-Entertainment TodayCovering a wide variety of clas..
Contains images of pre-civil war Afghanistan as taken by two western photographers between 1964 and 1978, complemented by text that considers the country's central role in current events, in a tribute to the region's once-beautiful cities, deserts, mountains, and bazaars. Author: Michaud, Sabrina Pu..
The flora and fauna of one of Africa's most spectacular regions is documented in 202 breathtaking photographs, from snow-topped mountains to heat-blasted salt flats. Author: Pavitt, Nigel Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0810906023 ISBN-13: 9780810906020..
Flying hundreds, sometimes thousands, of feet above ground strapped into a motorized paraglider that is little more than a parachute with a small motor, National Geographic photographer George Steinmetz has spent more than twenty years photographing some of the most remote and spectacular environmen..
Book by Kunkel, Reinhard Author: Kunkel, Reinhard Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0810919842 ISBN-13: 9780810919846..
Celebrates a century of airport design as a reflection of twentieth-century architecture, in a volume that features such designs as Eero Saarinen's TWA Terminal in New York, Renzo Piano's Kansai International Airport in Japan, and Norman Foster's Chek Lap Kok Airport in Hong Kong. Author: Pearman, H..
This survey offers a look back into some thirty years of Katz's work, tracing the elements of what could be called 'black' or 'night' paintings, and focusing on paintings of recent date that at the very least have nighttime as their subject. In what ways are these paintings truly about night or blac..
"“With her delicate prints inspired by nature and her feminine but energetic hand, Allegra’s interiors are as harmonious as they are excessive, imaginative and timeless.” -Enric Pastor, Editor in Chief, Architectural Digest (Spain)Allegra Hicks: An Eye for Design examines textile, interior, and fash..
After being closed for several years, on July 4, 2006, The Smithsonian American Art Museum will celebrate the grand reopening of its newly restored building, home to the world's premier collection of American art. Those who cannot attend can console themselves with this magnificent volume, which put..
A survey of American photography features a variety of famous and little-known images and emphasizes relationships between individuals and the aesthetic movements Author: Davis, Keith Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0810963787 ISBN-13: 9780810963788..
An authority on the history of American furniture offers a wide-ranging guide to this art form, discussing three hundred years of style changes, including Shaker, Modern, and Revival, and showing how to appraise the quality and authenticity of pieces. 10,000 first printing. Antiques Roadshow Main. A..
This is the abridged paperback version of a longer book. It contains the best illustrations from the original. Beautiful book containing 149 pages and 180 illustrations with sixty in color. Beautiful presentation of Native American art and craft. The book is lavishly illustrated. Norman Feder is cur..
Designer and merchant, collector and tastemaker, Thomas O’Brien has made a career of translating cool notions of modernism into an easy and generous array of modern styles that anyone can attain. Now he introduces readers to a range of those styles from casual to formal, vintage to urban alongside s..