Search Results: European / 3. Medieval / Gothic from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Holmes & Meier Publishers, 1979. 216 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, top edge and endpapers lightly soiled (dust spotting/foxing). Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. CONTENTS: A general survey; Terms and meanings; English origins; Norman transformation; Monastic multiplication; Life and buildings; Later foundations; Friars and hospitals; The late phase; Dissolution; Continuance and survival; The penal interlude; English revival; Anglican communities; The modern scene; Gazetteer section; England; Wales; Some modern communities.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to.

New York: Viking Press; A Studio Book, 1970. Cloth, 192 pages, illustrations, colour plates; 22 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. First U.S. Edition. Dust jacket toned. An attractive copy. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Barcelona: Editorial Escudo de Oro, S.A., 1987. 96 pages, colour illustrations, map; 25 cm. Text in English. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Text, photographs, lay-out and reproduction, entirely designed and created by the Technical Department of Editorial Escudo de Oro [i.e. F.I.S.A.].. 4th. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Guidebook.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999. 294 pages; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "The author presents apocalyptic visions and prophesies from 'the ancients of the West and the Orient . . . the Jews and earliest Christians . . . Asia, Africa, and South America,' and shows how these 'beliefs inspired Crusades, scientific discoveries, works of art, voyages such as those of Columbus, rebellions, and reforms.'" - Publisher. . 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

Brussels: Musees Royaux d'Art et D'Histoire, 1964. 86 pages, cxxxii plates; 28 cm. Text in French/Texte en francais. Catalogue.r dig en vue de l'exposition consacree L'Art chretien jusqu' la fin du Moyen Age' organisee aux Musees royaux d'art et d'histoire, Bruxelles du 19 juin au 31 aout 1964. TRES BON ETAT. Legerement use. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. An exhibition of Christian art through the end of the Middle Ages; sculptures, liturgical objects, etc.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. 351 pages, illustrations (some colour), colour maps; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. "The Italian Renaissance was a pivotal period in the history of Western culture during which artists such as Masaccio, Donatello, Fra Angelico, and Leonardo created some of the world's most influential and exciting works in a variety of artistic fields. Here, Evelyn Welch presents a fresh picture of the Italian Renaissance by challenging traditional scholarship and placing emphasis on recreating the experience of contemporary Italians: the patrons who commissioned the works, the members of the public who viewed them, and the artists who produced them. Art and Society in Italy, 1350-1500 dramatically revises the traditional story of the Renaissance and takes into account new issues that have greatly enriched our understanding of the period. From paintings and coins to sculptures and tapestries, Welch examines the issues of materials,… Read More

New York: Harper & Row; Icon Editions Ser., 1972. xix, 412 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. First published, 1966. 21st printing, 1998. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Remainder mark/tail edge. Large softcover, well-illustrated. One of the standard reference works on French medieval art & architecture.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1986. x, 131 pages; 22 cm. First published, 1959, under title: Sviluppo dell'estetica medievale, a single chapter of a four volume handbook on the history of aesthetics, written by various authors. Translated from the Italian. Tight, clean copy. An excellent, erudite book. "In this authoritative, lively book, the celebrated Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco presents a learned summary of medieval aesthetic ideas. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed between the aesthetic theories and the artistic experience and practice of medieval culture. / Umberto Eco is the author of many books, including The Name of the Rose, Foucault's Pendulum, Experiences in Translation, and The Island of the Day Before." - Publisher. CONTENTS: The medieval aesthetic sensibility; Transcendental beauty; The aesthetics of proportion; The aesthetics of light; Symbol and allegory; Aesthetic perception;… Read More

Ithaca and New York: Cornell University Press; A Phaidon Book, 1980. 381 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Good+. A few scattered pencil marks.. Paperback. Good. 8vo.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1968. Cloth, 264 pages, illustrations (some colour); 23 cm. Panorama of World Art Series. First published under title: Spates Mittelalter. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. First U.S. Edition. Dust jacket, toned, protected in a mylar book cover. With 244 plates, including 141 in full colour; line drawings; maps; chronological tables. "The final stage of medieval artistic development, first styled 'Gothic' by contemptuous Renaissance critics who understood little of its motivation and cared even less, is a uniquely exciting period in the history of European art. Originating in the le-de-France in the mid-twelfth century, the new style soon spread throughout Europe, reaching as far as Scandinavia, Spain, and the Levant, and was not finally overtaken by the Renaissance until late in the sixteenth century. The medieval world was a Christian world and its artistic genius was devoted almost exclusively to religious themes.… Read More

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. Cloth, viii, 328 pages, [14] pages of plates, illustrations; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. First edition thus. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Required reading for all Medievalist/Renaissance scholars, often published as The Waning of the Middle Ages. A great read. "Few who have read this book in English realize that The Waning of the Middle Ages, the only previous translation, is vastly different from the original Dutch, and incompatible with all other European-language translations. Now, for the first time ever, the original version of this classic work has been translated into English. Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen, or The Autumn of the Middle Ages - the original title - is a brilliant portrait of life, thought, and art in fourteenth- and fifteenth- century France and the Netherlands. For Huizinga, this period marked not the birth of a dramatically new era in history, the Renaissance, but the fullest, ripest phase of medieval life and thought.… Read More

Florence: Casa Editrice Bonechi, 1999. 64 pages, colour illustrations; 26 cm. English Edition. Firm binding, clean inside copy. During the so-called Babylonian Captivity (1309), the Pope's palace moved from Rome to Avignon. Richly illustrated with colour plates (art, architecture) of the Papal Palace and other monuments. 104 Photographs in Colour.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to. Guidebook.

Florence: Casa Editrice Bonechi, 1999. 64 pages, colour illustrations; 26 cm. English Edition. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. During the so-called Babylonian Captivity (1309), the Pope's palace moved from Rome to Avignon. Richly illustrated with colour plates (art, architecture) of the Papal Palace and other monuments. 104 Photographs in Colour.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Guidebook.

Albi: Apa-Poux, 1985. 46 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Text in French/Texte en francais. COMME NEUF. Tight, clean copy.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Guidebook.

London: Pitkin Pictorials, 1975. 24 pages, illustrations (some colour), 1 coat of arms, 1 plan; 23 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Gothic minster.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Guidebook.

Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2005. Cloth, x, 274 pages, maps; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

Florence and London: Scala and Philip Wilson, 1980. 96 pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Hornak, Angelo (Photographs by). 4to. Guidebook.

London: Philip Wilson Publishers, 1996. 37 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Revised Edition. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Guidebook.. 2nd. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

New York: Hispanic Society of America, 1951. Cloth, ix, 525 pages, illustrations; 27 cm. Hispanic notes & monographs; essays, studies, and brief biographies. Peninsular series. Withdrawn from library collection, with usual markings, otherwise very good. No writing in text.. 1st. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. 4to.

Roskilde, Denmark: Flensborg, 1955. 32 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. English Edition. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Roskilde Domkirke.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Guidebook.