Religion In Art, Religion from Ultramarine Books

London: The Oratory of St. Philip Neri, 1949. 24 pages; color and b&w illustrations. The 100th anniversary of the founding of the London Oratory, which followed the establishment of the Oratory in England in 1947 by John Henry Newman. Corners of the front wrapper worn, top corner a small chip; repaired tear to the bottom edge. Otherwise clean throughout, sewn… Read more

New York: Crossroad, 1990. 217 pages; b&w illustrations. Images of women in Western Art; Northern European vs. Southern European Sensibilities in art;; appearance and disappearance of God in Western Art; image of Evil. Clean throughout; tight binding; dustjacket partially faded .. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004 658 pages; numerous color illustrations. A huge catalogue of faith art, Christian for a couple centries, then Islamic and Christain as the medieval period begins to grow toward the Renaissance. Icons, sculpture, liturgical implements, paintings, illumination, and more. Clean throughout; tight binding.. First Edition Paperback. Pictorial Wrappers (softcover). Fine. 12" x 9… Read more

World of Islam Festival Trust, 1983 146 pages; 117 illustrations with catalogue entries; Biographies. Islamic design and British enthusiasts who viewed the design as a link to more imaginative architecture. An exhibition at the Leighton House Gallery, London. Clean throughout; tight binding.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers (softcover). Very Good. 11 3/4" x 8 1/2". Exhibition Catalogue.

Paris: Musée du Louvre Éditions, 2009 280 pages; numerous color illustrations. Retables, reredoses, altarpieces, altar screens of various material in often dramatic presentations as decoration and stage for the liturgy. Comprehensive bibliography Clean throughout; tight binding. Entirely FRENCH text.. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth Boards. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Oblong 8 1/2" x 11". Exhibition Catalogue.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2018 234 pages. Liberal or conservative. Orthodoxy or change. Clean throughout; tight binding.. First Edition. Black cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1961 214 pages; numerous drawings, some b&w photo plates. The evolution of the parish church in England from the time of Christianity arrival through Saxon, Norman, Gothic, Reformation and Renaissance, Classical, Georgian and Victorian, then since 1900. A small section at the back includes comments on "church appurtanances" including, altar, linens, vessels, candles, etc. Light… Read more

London: B.T. Batsford, 1974 272 pages. 128 illustrations, most are photos. Straight-forward subjective valuations and criticisms of churches: their architecture, reuse, remodeling, etc. One sentence suggests the author's directness: "Classical churches left unraped by the Victorians are unfortunately not very common." Previous owner's embossed library stamp on the title page. Clean throughout, tight binding. Jacket is clipped and with some… Read more

The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press, 2001 182 pages; 150 illustrations, including 105 color. The fascinating story of 14th-century Basel; its cathedral; the gold, silver, bejewelled, enameled treasury of altar furnishings and liturgical hardware; earthquake; iconoclastic threat of the Reformation; then dispersal from a nineteenth-century auction. Now, some of the 75 examples in the catalogue… Read more

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984 80 pages; numerous full-page color photographs, one 4-panel color photo displaying the entire tree and surround. Clean throughout, binding tight.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. 4to.

Milano: Federico Motta Editore, 2008 384 pages; numerous color reproductions. The works of the fifthteenth century painters of Ancona, an area on Italy's Adriatic coast. A chapter with catalogue is devoted to each artist or small group of artists. Italian text.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946 124 pages; dramatically illustrated throughout. Large format, good paper, good font, exciting illustrations, nice layout: readable for young eyes. Blue crayon marks on page 9 (in keeping with the illustration); edges and corners of the boards are worn.. First Printing. Decorated paper boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Feodor Rojankovsky. Folio.

Valparaiso, Indiana: Brauer Museum of Art / Valparaiso University, 2000 130 pages; 48 illutrative plates; historical essay; exhibition overview; bibliography. Images representative of many forms of American religious faith. Clean and tight; one corner of cover is bent.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. 4to. Exhibition Catalogue.

Tokyo: St. Ignatius Church, 2000 96 pages; numerous color photographs. A picture book commemorating the construction of the new St. Ignatius Church in Kojimachi, Tokyo. Includes statements from the Provincial of the Society of Jesus, parish priest, architect, designer, chairman of the building committee. Statements in Japanese and English; all other text is Japanese.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover).… Read more

Venezia: Edizioni d'Arte, 1980 62 pages; 41 mosaics reproduced in color, many full-page, four 2-page foldouts; floor plan of the basilica. Italian, German, English, French text. Clean throughout; tight binding.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very good. Folio.

Berkeley: University Art Museum, 1972. 192 pages; 123 works are discussed, more than half are illustrated. An exhibition that reveals religion is a theme that runs strongly through the work of American artists, including the most famous.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. Square 4to. Exhibition Catalogue.

New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1944 The sixteen illustrations in b&w with text. The back panel of the wrapper is chipped; top corner of the front panel is repaired.. Printed Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. Slim 8vo. Exhibition Catalogue.

New York: Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, 2004 39 pages; color and b&w illustrations, including a color fold-out full view of the painting at the end of the book. Bibliography.. Printed Wrapper (softcover). Fine. Small 4to. Exhibition Catalogue.

Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2001 104 pages. 5 opening essays, including The Origins and Iconography of the Cross; Italian Metalwork Crosses from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century. 16 catalogued crosses each with more than one illustration and essays that usually run a few pages. Bibliography. Clean. . Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. 4to. Exhibition Catalogue.

London: John Murray, 1951 328 pages; b&w illustrations, including photographs.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.