Search Results: Media / Painting from LEFT COAST BOOKS

London: Saatchi Gallery; Jonathan Cape, 2008. Pictorial boards, 390 pages, colour illustrations; 30 x 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

Oxford and New York: Phaidon; E. P. Dutton, 1976. Cloth, 16 pages + 48 colour plates; 31 cm. Good+. Firm binding, clean text. Previous owner's name/front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Dust jacket price-clipped on front flap, with short closed tears.. Hardcover. Good/Good. 4to.

Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland City Art Gallery, 1988. 107 pages, colour illustrations; 28 x 28 cm. Organized by the Auckland City Art Gallery with assistance from the Australia-New Zealand Foundation and the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to. Collectible.

Toledo, OH: Toledo Museum of Art, 1975. xv, 94 pages, [62] leaves of plates, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Errata slip inserted. Exhibition held at the Toledo Museum of Art, October 26 to December 7; Art Institute of Chicago, January 10 to February 22; National Gallery of Canada, March 21 to May 2. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Faded spine (?). Age toning. First paperback edition.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Random House, 1979. Cloth, 222 pages, colour illustrations; 31 cm. A Richard H. Childers Production. Design by Bob Zoell, Rick Probst, and W. Scott Griffiths. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust spotting/top edge, age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. With an historical survey of the technique, as used in advertising and photography. Includes: Alberto Vargas, Bob Zoell, Charles White III, Dave Willardson, Doug Johnson, Peter Lloyd, Peter Palombi, Roger Huyssen, Mick Haggerty, Taki Ono, others. Fine art, photorealists, and contemporary illustration.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio.

Florence and London: Scala and Philip Wilson, 1985. 128 pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. 1st thus. Please note: ISBN conflicts with another title. The title of this book is: The Alte Pinakothek, Munich. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Handbook of the Collection.

Geneva and Cleveland: Skira; World Publishing Company, 1969. Cloth, 144 pages, colour illustrations; 35 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Bumped corners, top edge lightly soiled, age toning. Dust jacket, with a closed tear/back cover, protected in a mylar book cover. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio.

New York: Time-Life Books, 1970. Cloth, 192 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 32 cm. Issued in a slipcase. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Slipcase with light shelfwear. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. Hardcover. Fine. Folio.

New York: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1990. Cloth, 319 pages, colour illustrations; 37 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Folio.

Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011. Cloth, xiii, 249 pages, colour illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "This is the first comprehensive study of an important but largely unknown part of the history of American art: the materials and techniques used by American painters. It is based on extensive research into primary and secondary sources, including artist' recipe books, letters, journals, and painting manuals, many of which are unpublished and/or little known to scholars. In interpreting this mass of evidence, the authors have used the experience gained from having museums and private collectors. Detailed information is provided on the methods of many painters, including Benjamin West, Gilbert Stuart, Washington Allston, Thomas Sully, Thomas Cole, and William Sidney Mount. Among the important topics discussed are the quest for the 'secrets' of the old masters, which inspired experimentation with a surprising variety of materials; how… Read More

New York and Greenwich, CT: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New York Graphic Society, 1965. Cloth, 236 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket toned, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. A close friend of David Hockney & Andy Warhol, Geldzahler chose Demuth's proto-Pop painting I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold (1928) for the cover.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.

New York: Time-Life Books, 1970. Cloth, 192 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 32 cm. Revised 1972. Issued in a slipcase. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Slipcase with light shelfwear. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. Hardcover. Fine. Folio.

Buffalo, NY: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1978. vi, 112 pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to. Collectible.

Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1991. Cloth, xiv, 191 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. CONTENTS: Creating an art history; The beginnings: from the Archaic to about A.D. 900; Tentative painting: A.D. 900-1300; The florescence of painting: A.D. 1300-1700; Art in the open air: 1300-1700; Mural and ritual art to 1900; More than ornament, ever impermanent.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1986. 190 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

London: Phaidon Press, 1996. 503 pages, colour illustrations; 17 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning.. Paperback. Very Good. 16mo.

Los Angeles and Japan: Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Kodansha International, 1965. 196 pages, colour plates, illustrations; 28 cm. Exhibition held jointly by the National Commission for Protection of Cultural Properties at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, September 29 to November 7, 1965; Detroit Art Institute, December 5, 1965 to January 16, 1966; Philadelphia Museum of Art, February 13 to March 27; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, April 24 to June 5, 1966. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Wraps mildly sunned. Age toning. Another copy available.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1981. Cloth, 633 pages, illustrations; 32 cm. First published under title: L'art de l'ancienne Chine. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: PART ONE. The evolution of style. Early traditions; Neolithic settlement and economy; Two neolithic arts; The hieratic cycle; Art in the Shang state; Hieratic and realistic style; The first Henan style; The feudal empire; Styles of the early Zhou reigns; The second Henan style; The Shanxi style; The third Henan style; The geometricizing style; The animal style; Realistic art; Empire and imperialism; The theory and practice of verisimilitude; Religious art; Architecture; The ancient tradition; Wood and brick; Buildings in plan; Pillar, beam, and bracket; Buddhist architecture; Philosophized art; Writing; An invention of landscape; Archaism; Landscape… Read More

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2001. 144 pages, colour illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First printing. "Encaustic is a waxed-based painting medium characterized by luminous color and a lush surface. It's an ancient art, dating as far back as Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire, and today is enjoying a revival. Here is the first comprehensive guide available on mastering this beautiful yet demanding medium. In The Art of Encaustic Painting, readers will learn surefire ways to achieve vibrant color and create surfaces that look as light as a wash or as densely textured as impasto. They will see how to produce effects from abstract to figurative to minimal. Finally, they will discover dozens of clear, step-by-step directions detailing how to use these various encaustic techniques in their own art. This remarkable reference also includes 200 attractive full-color photographs of the author's own work, as well as stunning examples by such premier encaustic… Read More

Paris: Editions du Chene, 1999. Cloth, 1006 pages, illustrations (some colour); 32 cm. English Edition. Translation of: L'aventure de l'art au XXeme siecle. English translation under the direction of Walter D. Glanze, Lisa Davidson. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Folio. Collectible.