European / 4. Renaissance from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Abrams Press, 2021. Cloth, xii, 380 pages, [48] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour); 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. First American Edition. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. "From a distinguished art historian, a dramatic reappraisal of Renaissance master Hans Holbein, whose art shaped politics and immortalized the Tudors. Hans Holbein… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021. viii, 317 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Small remainder mark (ink dot)/tail edge. Stated First edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "History of Napoleon's art looting of Italy and the subsequent formation of the Louvre." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine.… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. xiii, 168 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Edges lightly soiled. "Arguably the quintessential work of the High Renaissance in Venice, Titian's Venus of Urbino also represents one of the major themes of western art: the female nude. But how did Titian intend this work to be received? Is she Venus, as… Read more about this item

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1997. xi, 204 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the author, with a personalized inscription. A fine copy. CONTENTS: On the threshold of historiography: biography, artists, genre; The artist in nature: Renaissance biography; The artist in culture: Kulturwissenschaft from Burckhardt to Warburg; The artist in history: the Viennese school of art history; The… Read more about this item

New York: Pegasus Books, 2021. 296 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 22 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear. First Edition. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. "Albert and the Whale explores the work of this remarkable man through a personal lens. Drawing on Philip's experience of the natural world, and of… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1997. 176 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. "The Renaissance was one of the greatest and most glorious periods in all art, and Florence was its center. From Botticelli to Michelangelo, from superb painting, goldwork, and sculpture to dazzling churches and palaces, no city… Read more about this item

Milwaukee and New Haven: Milwaukee Art Museum; Yale University Press, 2002. 327 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), maps; 31 cm. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name organized by the Milwaukee Art Museum and on view there from September 13, 2002 through November 24, 2002; at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from December 8, 2002 through… Read more about this item

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1950. xvi, 237 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. First published under title: Kunstgeschichtliche Grundbegriffe. Translated from the German. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. . Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1981. 87 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Moderate shelfwear to wraps, age toning. . Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1980. Cloth, 378 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, top edge lightly soiled. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: The legend of Saint Jerome in art; Saint Jerome and his animal associates; Saint Jerome in… Read more about this item

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2000. Cloth, xi, 288 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.

New York: Abbeville Press, 1993. Cloth, Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Slight moisture ripple/half-title page, barely noticeable. Stated First edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Donatello: sculptor is a magisterial, beautifully illustrated study of one of the world's greatest artists. Born in Florence in 1386,… Read more about this item

Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1979. 2 volumes, illustrations notes; 24 cm. v. 1. Text. v. 2. Plates. Good+. Tight, clean copies. Scuffed covers. Previous owner's blind stamps within, otherwise unmarked. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Handbooks of the collection.. Paperback. Good. 8vo.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers; The Library of Great Painters, 1975. Cloth, 179 pages, illustrations, colour plates (tipped in); 33 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, toned, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio.

New York: Crescent Books, 1990. Cloth, 160 pages, illustrations (some colour); 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. First American Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "Text about Shakespeare's life and a concise synopsis of the most popular plays of William Shakespeare, illustrated with a colorful collection of paintings, photographs,… Read more about this item

New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1988. Cloth, 2 volumes (1312 pages), illustrations (some colour); 34 cm. Principal photography by Takashi Okamura. Issued in a slipcase. Both volumes in fine condition. Stated First Editions. The accompanying slipcase has light shelfwear. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. An enormous book set. "Since the radiant years of the… Read more about this item

New York: Portland House, 1990. Cloth, 390 pages, chiefly colour illustrations; 34 cm. Edited by Boris Piotrovsky. Translated from the Russian by Valery Dereviaghin and Frith Mayer. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. One corner lightly bumped. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. CONTENTS: Prehistoric culture;… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1990. 92 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Fine DJ.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2019. xi, 277 pages, [32] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. First printing. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. "As he entered his seventies, the great Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo despaired that his productive years were past. Anguished by the death of friends and discouraged by… Read more about this item

New York: George Braziller, 1994. Cloth, 103 pages, illustrations (some colour); 20 x 27 cm. Great fresco cycles of the Renaissance. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. CONTENTS: A Mantegna Itinerary; Mantegna and the Practice of Mural Painting in Northern Italy; The Ovetari Chapel, Padua; The Camera Picta, Mantua; Plates and Commentaries: The Ovetari… Read more about this item