Paz octavio essay (14 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Near Fine. 1st. Cloth, 223 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Published in association with the World Crafts Council. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, top edge lightly soiled. Stated First printing. Dust jacket with light edgewear. Profusely illustrated. *** CONTENTS: The Kizaemon tea-bowl; Foreword: A world family by James S. Plaut; Acknowledgments; The crafts and the makers: Apparel and adornment; The home: utility and embellishment; Play; Ritual and celebration; The maker's statement; Selected bibliography. Size: 4to.…

Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st. 260 pages, colour illustrations; 31 cm. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May to September 1987, and other museums. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. First paperback edition. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A large-format coffee-table book. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "Issued in conjunction with an exhibition held at Houston's Museum of Fine Arts in 1987, and in other museums, this volume presents some 200 paintings and sculptures by 30 contemporary Hispanic artists living and working in the United States. Beginning with a piece on what it means to be Hispanic and what in particular it means to be a Hispanic artist, the volume includes interpretive essays defining and illuminating the challenging variety of contemporary Hispanic art, ranging from folk-inspired religious carvings to politically-motivated satirical work, modernist abstraction, ethnically-infected Neo-Surrealism, and impassioned New Imagism. The authors also discuss the origins of Hispanic art and the influences that have shaped it, and provide biographical sketches of the artists." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Preface and acknowledgments; Art and Identity: Hispanics in the United States, by Octavio Paz; And/Or: Hispanic Art, American Culture, by John Beardsley; Recent Hispanic Art: Style and Influence, by Jane Livingston; Artists' Biographies; Artists' Bibliographies; General Bibliography; Index. Size: 4to. Collectible. …

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Abbeville Press, Houston / New York, 1987. Black Cloth. Book Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. Profusely Illustrated in Color. (illustrator). First Edition. 12 1/4" Tall. 260 pp. Scarce hardcover edition. Artists' biographies.

Hardcover. Size: 10.25" x 11.25". 222pp., 243 plates, index. Near new condition, covers bright, text clean and binding tight in a near new, price clipped, dust jacket which is now in a clear protective mylar sleeve.

Condizione: Very Good. Pbk, square 4to, 260pp, lavishly illustr in color throughout, very faint reading crease to spine, prev ownerÕs name neatly on half-title page, otherwise a fine, clean, tight and unmarked copy.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 1st. 206 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Text in English and Spanish. An exhibition presented by the Armand Hammer Foundation. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Large softcover. Profusely illustrated. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Name of previous owner on front free endpaper.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st. Cloth, 260 pages, colour illustrations; 31 cm. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May to September 1987, and other museums. A very good copy with front & rear hinges reinforced with cloth book tape. Unmarked. Dust jacket, with a slightly sunned spine (bold & legible titles), protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A massive coffee-table book. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "Issued in conjunction with an exhibition held at Houston's Museum of Fine Arts in 1987, and in other museums, this volume presents some 200 paintings and sculptures by 30 contemporary Hispanic artists living and working in the United States. Beginning with a piece on what it means to be Hispanic and what in particular it means to be a Hispanic artist, the volume includes interpretive essays defining and illuminating the challenging variety of contemporary Hispanic art, ranging from folk-inspired religious carvings to politically-motivated satirical work, modernist abstraction, ethnically-infected Neo-Surrealism, and impassioned New Imagism. The authors also discuss the origins of Hispanic art and the influences that have shaped it, and provide biographical sketches of the artists." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Preface and acknowledgments; Art and Identity: Hispanics in the United States, by Octavio Paz; And/Or: Hispanic Art, American Culture, by John Beardsley; Recent Hispanic Art: Style and Influence, by Jane Livingston; Artists' Biographies; Artists' Bibliographies; General Bibliography; Index. Size: 4to.…

Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. NF/VG++++. Bright and attractive hardcover with dust jacket. Second printing. 1987. Light wear to dust jacket. Nice copy. Color Illustrations (illustratore).

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Condizione: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Cloth. Condizione: Fine Condition. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine Condition. 260 page hardcover catalogue, bound in black cloth covered boards with white text to the spine, wrapped in a pictorially printed paper dustjacket, and published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston from May 2- July 26, 1987. Binding is tight and solid, pageblock is sharp and clean, with equally clean interior. Dustjacket is bright and crisp. Two gallery pamphlets are laid in--one from the main exhibition at the MFA,Houston, in both Spanish and English; and another from an ancillary show at the MFAH Glassell School of Art that featured the works of Houston artists Atanacio Davila, Frank Fajardo, Benito Huerta, and Philip Renteria.…

hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Condizione: Good. [Exhibition announcement]. 8vo. Square. Soft, glossy black and white illustrated single sheet, folded into half. Very good. 1 color plate. Brochure includes, laid-in as insert, a single sheet of vellum folded over a single color reproduction of the "Soprattutto (1972) by Adja Yunkers. Also includes an excerpt of an essay by Octavio Paz, translated into English by Eliot Weinberger. Includes list of 10 exhibited works. Created to announce the exhibition "Adja Yunkers: Collage Paintings", held fro November 16, 1973 through January 8, 1974. at the Galerie Smith-Andersen in Palo Alto, CA. Scarce.From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz.…