Search Results: Titles starting with P from Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko

Warsaw: Centrum Architektury, 2015 4to (29.5 cm), [112] pp. Publisher's boards. In Polish. Jacek Fota's photographic book, published on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Palace of Culture and Science, provides an opportunity to view the unknown, intimate life of one of the most famous buildings in Poland. The author spent almost two years photographing his interiors and met his employees. Composed in a personal way, the frames form a personal portrait of the building, where the most interesting happens at the meeting point of monumental architecture and everyday life. Pictures are complemented by the stories of long-time employees of the Palace written by Milena Rachid Chehab.

Geneva: Patrick Cramer, 1983 4to (32 cm), 430 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket, cloth slipcase. 156 books, albums and catalogues illustrated by Pablo Picasso are described in detail. Each entry is accompanied by reproductions of the original engravings or lithographs. An indispensable reference book for specialists which also makes a very important aspect of Picasso's work accessible and interesting to the general reader.

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1985 8vo (23.5 cm), X, 186 pp, 10 plates. Publisher's cloth. Papers presented at the October 10-11, 1981 symposium at Dumbarton Oaks. For contents see scans.

Prestel, 1994 4to (30 cm), 280 pp. Laminated wrappers. The catalogue of an exhibition at Royal Academy of Art, London, 27 October 1994 - 24 January 1995 and Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 15 February - 7 May 1995. "This book documents the first comprehensive exhibition of Italian Renaissance illuminations from collections in Europe and the United States. 137 manuscripts, printed books with hand-painted illustrations and single pages are illustrated in full color, ranging from small prayer books to large choir books, and from Greek, Roman, and Italian literature to collections of fables and historical treatises. Many of these volumes were commissioned by powerful wealthy, and discriminating patrons who included members of the ruling Italian families as well as cardinals and popes and many of whom were also prominent bibliophiles. Among other fascinating issues, the mechanics of patronage, patterns of production, and formation of libraries are discussed in three essays and in the catalogue… Read More

Yale University Press, 1997 8vo (21 cm), VIII, 320 pp. Laminated wrappers. "The Renaissance was a golden age in the long history of Venetian painting, and the art that came from Venice during that era includes some of the most visually exciting works in the whole of western art. This attractive book - a comprehensive account of painting in Venice from Bellini to Titian to Tintoretto - is an accessible introduction to the paintings of this period. Peter Humfrey surveys the development of a distinctly Venetian artistic tradition from the middle years of the fifteenth century to the end of the sixteenth century. He discusses the work of Jacopo and Giovanni Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, Veronese and Tintoretto as well as the paintings of those less well known - such as the three Vivarini, Cima, Carpaccio, Palma Vecchio, Lorenzo Lotto and Jacopo Bassano. Humfrey analyses these painters' works in terms of their pictorial style, technique, subject matter, patronage and function. He also sets the art… Read More

Yale University Press, 1993 4to (26.5 cm), VIII, 312 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "A distinctly modern art world emerged in 18th-century England. The period witnessed the establishment of the first public spaces for the display of art, widespread discussion of artistic issues and commercial patronage of painting and sculpture. In this book, David Solkin discusses these phenomena, showing how developments in painting were related to the rapid growth of commerce and analyzing how the sudden light of public exposure affected pictorial practice and theory." (from the blurb)

Yale University Press, 1994 8vo (21 cm), XIV, 267 pp. Laminated wrappers. "From Canaletto to Tiepolo, eighteenth century Venetian painters created brilliant works of art that are now considered to be the last flowering of the long Venetian tradition of painting. This beautiful book provides an introduction to eighteenth century Venetian painting, discussing the various types of painting--portraiture, genre, landscape, history paintings and religious works--as well as the society, patronage and intellectual climate of Venice at this time." (from the publisher's description)

Bulfinch, 2002 4to (30 cm), 608 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "Venice is among the most frequently visited cities in the world, and tourist travel across the globe to discover its charm and beauty and, especially, its masterpieces in art. 'Paintings in Venice' is an exquisite art book in the truest sense and is sure to impress, wending readers throughout the glorious canals of Venice to discover significant and magnificent works of art. From masterworks by Gionvanni Bellini and Titian, to Venetian paintings of the Renaissance, to glorious seventeenth-century Dutch paintings, to works of the eighteenth-century landscapists, many of the world's most renowned paintings are housed in Venice and this book. With essays by four renowned art historians and biographies of every artist in appendix, this book is historically important as it is visually stunning." (from the publisher's description)

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections, 2009 8vo (25 cm), VIII, 416 pp. Laminated wrappers (minor shelf-wear). "Among the most sumptuous buildings of antiquity were royal palaces. As in the Old World, kings and nobles of ancient Mexico and Peru had luxurious administrative quarters in cities, and exquisite pleasure palaces in the countryside. This volume explores the great houses of the ancient New World, from palaces of the Aztecs and Incas, looted by the Spanish conquistadors, to those lost high in the Andes and deep in the jungle. This volume, the first scholarly compendium of elite residences of the high cultures of the New World, presents definitive descriptions and interpretations by leading scholars in the field. Authoritative yet accessible, this extensively illustrated book will serve as an important resource for anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians of art, architecture, and related disciplines." (from the publisher's synopsis)

Cambridge University Press, 2006 8vo (24 cm), XXI, 203 pp, 160 plates. Albert Derolez has developed new terminology for describing the different scripts in this detailed study of handwriting in manuscript books produced in Western and Central Europe from c.1100 to c.1530. This makes Derolez's survey unique and an ideal tool for all interested in late-medieval book and handwriting culture. The text is illustrated with 600 drawings of letter-forms and 160 photographs of parts of manuscripts reproduced to actual-size.

Nuremberg: Homann Heirs, 1750 Engraving 48 x 58,5 cm, old coloring (manuscript note on the left margin, two small tears on the bottom margin not affecting image, centerfold reinforced). A map of Palestine showing the lands of the 12 Tribes of Israel by Johann Christoph Harenbergh (1696 - 1774), a German theologian and historian. The map was prepared by S. Laur. Schenning and published by the Homann Heirs in Nuremberg.

Yale University Press, 2006 4to (29.5 cm), XII, 392 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "Celebrated Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) devoted much of his career to the city of Venice. Famous for public buildings he had designed in his native Vicenza and country villas he had built for wealthy patricians there, he arrived in Venice in the mid- 1550s confident of establishing a successful new practice. Yet Palladio's Venetian career never matched his lofty expectations. Failing to achieve the position of state architect or to earn the kinds of commissions to which he was accustomed, he found himself working in a category new to his practice: ecclesiastical architecture. It was his stunning churches, however, including San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore, that established Palladio's lasting renown. In this fascinating and beautifully illustrated book, Tracy E. Cooper organizes Palladio's work in Venice according to different types of patrons. She discusses his… Read More

Moscow: Izdatelstwo Akademii Architektury SSSR, 1947 Folio (34.5 cm), 220 pp. Publisher's cloth baked boards. In Russian. An illustrated survey of the Monuments of Georgian Architecture.

Dalton, MA: Crane & Co 8vo (24 cm), 14 pp. Printed wrappers.

West Springfield: Strathmore Paper Company, 1922 8vo (24.5 cm), [8] ff, printed wrappers. Specimens of Strathmore Paper Company, wrappers printed on Rhododendron Cover paper, text on Alexandra Japan Cream, Antique.

Philadelphia: University of Philadelphia Press, 1952 8vo (24 cm), folding map, xiv, 178, [8] ff of plates. Publisher's cloth backed boards (boards little discolored). A history of the beginning of American paper making (1690 -1817). Illustrated with examples of watermarks.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943 8vo (23.5 cm). Folding map, xxv, 398, xxiii pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little soiled). The first edition of a comprehensive history of paper making from its invention in China, through its development with characteristic differences in other Orient countries, its introduction into Europe and further development there. Incidentally are discussed innumerable aspects of the fabrication of paper, watermarking, the differences between "laid" and "wove" paper and between handmade and machine-made paper.

Duszniki Zdrój: Muzeum Papiernictwa w Dusznikach Zdroju, 2012 4to (30 cm), 306 pp. Laminated wrappers. Decorative papers: A catalogue of the collection of the Duszniki Zdrój Museum of Papermaking. An Introduction "Paper ornamentation techniques. An historical outline" in Polish and English, the catalogue in Polish. "This catalogue represents another step in that investigation of historical techniques and technologies for the ornamentation of paper. It contains close to 800 examples of hand-decorated paper, primarily crated by Krakow bookbinder Stefan Szczerbinski (1892-1972). It also includes the work of other renowned artist-bookbinders of Krakow and papers crated by Swiss bookbinder Emil Kretz (1896-1960). Most decorated papers ornamented as a batch are more or less identical in terms of pattern and color. The illustrations in this publication encompass only some of the holdings, which are representative of individual ornamentation techniques." (from the Introduction.)

Paris: Imprimerie Maréchal, 1931 8vo (25 cm), 31 pp, 33 pp of plates (heliographic engraving). Printed wrappers (wrappers little frayed at extremities). Beautifully produced illustrated essay on the glory of Paris.

Warsaw: PWN, 1983 8vo (24.5 cm), 422 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj little frayed at extremities and dusted). Banach Center Publications Volume 10. For contents see scans.