Thames hudson et al (25 risultati)

160 pages. Large paperback: H 27.75cm x L 21.75cm. Paper covers lightly rubbed. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A fine copy. Preface by Sheikh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah; Director's Foreword by R.G.W. Anderson et al, Acknowledgements, Introduction by Manuel Keene, Historical Note, over 300 illustrations (mostly color plates but a few b/w), Glossary, and Bibliography. Features thirteen chapters: "Varieties in Stone Settings;" "Inlaid Hardstones;" "Relief in Hammered Precious Metal;" "Engraved Gold-Backed Jewels;" "Gemstones on Gold Floral Ground;" "Developments In Enamels;" "Gold-Embellished Steel;" "Three-Dimensional Expressions;" "Relief-Carved Ornament;" "Carved Set Gemstones;" "Gemstone Forms;" "Inscribed Royal Gemstones;" and "Jewelled Magnificence." Published as the accompanying catalog for an exhibition opening at the British Museum, London, May 2001 thereafter touring through December 2002 to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts-Houston, and Los Angles County Museum of Art. ISBN 0500976082.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. ExcCat , The British Museum, London, May, 2001, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, Cleveland Museum of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2002. Paper, 160 pp., profusely illustrated in color.

Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: n No Jacket. y 1st Edition. London and Kuwait: Thames and Hudson in association with The al-Sabah Collection, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 14" Tall x 4.75" Wide. Book published to accompany an exhibition of varied jewelled objects produced in the Indian sub-continent and held in the Al-Sabah Collection of the Kuwait National Museum. 160pp illustrated throughout with colour photographs. Minimal edgewear, otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions. Loosely enclosed, related leaflet. Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 416 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm Contents: Preface by Shaikha Hussah al-Sabah Introduction Chapter 1: A Transitional Period: The Legacy of Roman and Sasanian Glass (c. late 6th-early 10th century) Chapter 2: The Early Period (c. late 7th-11th century): Stained Glass; Glass with Cut Decoration Chapter 3: Continuity Over Time: Undecorated Glass; Glass with Applied Decoration; Glass with Mould-Blown Patterns; Glass with Impressed Patterns; Glass with Mavered Trails Chapter 4: The Era of Great Enamelled and Gilded Glass (c. 13-14th century) Chapter 5: The Revival of Glass in the Islamic World: The European Connection (c. 17-19th century) Appendix: Table of Concordance of Inventory Numbers and Catalogue Numbers Bibliography - Index.…

Hardbound Clothbinding. Condizione: Like New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Used-Acceptable. 254 pp. Translated from the French, "Pionniers de la photographie russe sovietique." Flawless book. Includes relevant articles left by previous owner. Dj shows some wear to edges, back creased and small tear at top. Over-sized/Over weight book; extra postage apply.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Exhibition Catalogue, The British Museum,London; Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; Cleveland Museum of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2001-2002. Soft cover, 160 pp., 1 p preface, 1 p directors' foreword, 1 p ack, 2 pp intro, 1 p map, 1 p historical note, 3 essays, profusely illustrated in color.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. English text; Paperback; 22 x 28 cm; 2.4 Kg; 512 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior, that shows edge wear and few scratches on the front cover, spine and back cover. Slighlty bump on the left bottom side of the front cover and left side of the spine. Interior in good condition apart from an ex-library stamp on front free endpaper.; Islamic pottery - the fine ceramics made in the lands of Islam, from the Arab world and Turkey through Iran and into Central Asia - is one of the hidden treasures of world ceramics. Individual wares such as luster or Iznik are deservedly renowned, but its full breadth and diversity has often been overshadowed by the legacy of its illustrious neighbors China and Europe. However, Islamic pottery cedes nothing to these great traditions in technical inventiveness and beauty of design; indeed, through close trading links and cultural interchange, Islamic potters have played a crucial role in the development of these other ceramic cultures. In this richly illustrated volume, Oliver Watson presents a comprehensive history of ceramics from Islamic lands. The book is a catalogue of the al-Sabah Collection in Kuwait - one of the few truly great collections in private hands, and one that is well able to portray the unfolding story of Islamic pottery over its fascinating thousand-year history. Clear and informative essays cover the study and collecting of Islamic pottery over the past hundred years, and trace its history, from the first fine wares made in the eighth century AD to the heights of refinement in sixteenth and seventeenth century Turkey and Iran, to the destructive impact of European industrialization in the nineteenth century. There are detailed descriptions of over 400 individual objects grouped in geographical and chronological sequence, and accompanied by over 900 color photographs. Most pieces are published here for the first time, but a number of breathtaking items from old collections are rescued from obscurity and made accessible again. This important book presents a superb collection and provides a new framework for the understanding and study of Islamic ceramics as a whole. It will appeal to the interested general reader, as well as becoming an invaluable reference work for the student and specialist.…

424pp. Over 350 color illus. Lrg. 4to. Wraps.

Condizione: Gebraucht / Used. Paperback. 512pp. .Leesvouw rug. verder goed.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Well-illustrated (illustratore).

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: New. The evolution of Dieter Roth's magnificent print series, revealing his astonishingly creative response to London's most famous landmark.Dieter Roth's "6 Piccadillies" are among the most celebrated prints of the last fifty years, as iconic as Piccadilly Circus itself. Few people are aware, however, that these prints were part of a larger plan.Roth had been sending modified postcards to his friends since the 1950s and was captivated by a collection of Piccadilly Circus postcards belonging to his friends Rita Donagh and Richard Hamilton. Blowing up one of the postcards from 1965, he then developed the six prints, using a combination of offset and screen printing. On two occasions, Roth photographically enlarged and overpainted the "Piccadilly," and it had always been his intention to enlarge all six of the series to create a "Giant Piccadilly Puzzle" with interchangeable elements.To celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of his birth, his longtime friend and publisher, Hansjà rg Mayer, has fulfilled Dieter Roth's ambitious program. 250 color illustrations.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. A mesmerizing collection of photographs of Rodin's sculpture, taken at the Musà e Rodin and at the Musà e du Luxembourg, Paris.It was a chance visit to the Musà e Rodin nearly ten years ago that sparked Jennifer Gough-Cooper's renewed interest in photography, and the exceptional results will be exhibited at the museum this autumn. Her photographs of such works as The Kiss and Adam and Eve reveal the beauty of the stone, the light from the grand eighteenth-century windows, and the movement of the visitors in the room, to create soft Impressionist forms with a wonderful painterly quality.A thought-provoking text by Geoff Dyer makes us realize how photographs of sculpture can reveal qualities in these works of art that are often not immediately apparent. As he writes, the photographs enable us to gaze on Rodin's sculpture "with the same intensity and absorption that he regardedâ"in very different waysâ"the men and women who modeled for him. What Gough-Cooper has photographed is nothing less than the awakening of stone, stone awakening to the camera's touch." 73 color illustrations.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Steven Holl is revered among architects and students for his quiet and consistent modernist buildings. His reputation among generations of students was cemented during his early tenure at Columbia University and his founding of Storefront for Art and Architecture. His Pamphlet Architecture series furthered his standing as a leader of the avant-garde. With his embrace of computer technology, Holl smoothly transitioned from the 1980s into the digital design era of the 1990s. At the same time, his practice expanded globally and his housing projects in Japan opened to international acclaim. Recently, the ultramodern design of his Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art earned high praise for its revitalizing influence on Helsinki's city center. Remarkably, this monograph is the only book available that documents Holl's full career, covering his early houses of the 1970s to his latest designs for museums currently under construction.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. The thousand-year artistic legacy of Cambodia includes some of the world's most beautiful works of art and architecture. This richly illustrated volume, published to coincide with an exhibition organized by the National Gallery of Art and the Runion des Muses Nationnaux, examines the powerful and original Khmer culture that flourished on the mainland of Southeast Asia between 600 and 1600 A.D. Centered on the northern shores of Cambodia's Great Lake, the Tonle Sap, and extending westward into eastern Thailand, the civilization reached its apogee in the early twelfth century with the construction of the Temple of Angkor. Embracing both Buddhist and Hindu traditions, the sculpture ranges from monumental works in sandstone representing gods and goddesses, guardians, female dancers, and legendary creatures, to refined ritual and ceremonial bronzes. Essays by an international group of scholars together with narrative discussions of each of the works illustrated provide a fascinating introduction to a culture that is still relatively unknown. …

Hardcover. Condizione: New. The first comprehensive examination of the many overlaps and visual and intellectual principles that unite fashion and architecture.In recent years, the boundaries between architecture and fashion have become increasingly blurred, and this beautifully illustrated new book explores the intersections and concepts that underlie the two disciplines. Both architecture and fashion are based on the human body and on ideas of space, volume, and movement. Each functions as shelter or wrapping for the bodyâ"a mediating layer between the body and the environmentâ"and can express personal, political, and cultural identity. Fashion designers and architects share much of the same vocabulary and similar techniques of construction: pinning, darting, folding, wrapping, draping. Fashion designers have always been able to achieve complex, often architectonic garments using fabric. Today, many architects are looking to fashion and techniques of tailoring as they attempt to achieve more and more complex forms using hard materials.The book focuses on the period 1980 to the present and includes forty-six architects and fashion designers from the United States, Europe, and Japan. The featured designers include Issey Miyake, Junya Watanabe, Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan, and Vivienne Westwood, among others. The architects include Herzog & de Meuron, Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, and Eisenman Architects. 530 illustrations, 500 in color.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New.

Hardcover. Condizione: New.