Art- History Used Books - Here are the latest additions to the Art- History category of the Mary Ward Used Books catalogue http://www.marywardbooks.com/categories/15.html Methuen 1971: first of this translated edition: hardcover in dust jacket: 234 pages including index: black and white illustrations and maps: colour illustrations.Synopsis:Translated by Caryll Hay- Shaw, and illustrated with more than 50 colour plates, 80 drawings, and an appendix of black and white photographs, this detailed history by Pierre du Bourguet traces the development of Coptic art from its origins in Pharaonic Art to its eventual decline under the Muslims, and surveys its relationship with Early Christian Art. Contents:1) History and discovery: The Copts. Coptic art. Interpretations. Diversity of themes and styles. The Copts in history. Roman Egypt. Christian and Byzantine Egypt. Muslim Egypt. Coptic Christianity. 2) An imaginary exhibition:- Architecture. Architectural sculpture. Sculpture. Painting. Ivory work. Bawit.tapestries.3) On the threshold: Pre- Coptic art: - Doom of Pharaonic Art . The role of Hellenistic art. Architecture. Ornaments. Themes. Techniques. The arts of colour.4) The awakening Proto -Coptic Art ( end of third century -- first half of fourth century) 5) The establishment: Coptic Art (second half of fifth century -- end of the seventh century) 6) The Art of the Copts ( eighth -- 12th centuries) . Notes. Appendix of plates. Condition: edges of dustjacket slightly rubbed, and with small repair: dust jacket, hardcover, and contents very clean and good. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw00127653.html Thames and Hudson, 1992: paperback: very clean - almost as new - immediately available http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0500201099.htmlWilliam Clowes and sons 1907: blue board hardcover: approximately 7 .5 x 10 inches tall: white lettering and decoration to front: 74 unevenly cut pages: black and white illustrations and charts. Synopsis: A detailed account of portraits, pictures, and gold and silver plate, etc. in the possession of the Worshipful Company of Fishmonger's of London in 1907. Contents: A list of the Honorary Freeman of the Fishmonger's Company from 1750. A list of Prime Wardens of the Fishmonger's Company from 1700 to 1907. The Company Charters. A catalogue of portraits including biographical details of the subjects and some black and white photographic illustrations; pictures (those of fish include anatomical and gastronomic facts); details of a chair and snuffbox made from materials of Old London Bridge; gold and silver plate (including description, historical details, some maker's marks); index. Condition: cover corners and ends of spine bumped: endpapers and edges of pages discoloured from age: sporadic foxing throughout. Overall clean, good and collectable. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw00116644.html Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd, 1985: catalogue of old Master prints sold by order of the trustees of the Chatsworth settlement on Thursday 5th of December, 1985: hardcover in dust jacket: approximately 8.5 x 12 inches tall: 179 pages including index : black and white illustrations throughout : full -page monotone reproductions,some fold in. Condition overall very clean and good/almost as a new. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw00123843.html Phaidon Oxford 1983, first edition hardcover in dustjacket: approximately 8.3 x 10 inches tall: 455 pages including index: black and white and colour illustration throughout. Synopsis: An analysis of Western Art from Ancient Greece to the 1970s; each period presented with historical and social context, and relations between all arts, including literature and music examined. The author evaluates how cultural settings and political , social, economic, and religious changes have determined the course of art: examining the influences of geographical shifts of power, the growth of new centres of art, the changing status of the artist, and the effect of patronage on style and subject matter. 555 illustrations, 170 of them in colour, support the text: maps and historical tables are included.Condition very clean and good overall http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/071482190X.html BBC, 1977 reprint: hardcover in dust jacket: approximately 8.5 x 12 inches tall: 360 pages including index: black and white and colour illustrated throughout. Synopsis: Royal building, and Royal collecting are comprehensively presented and illustrated in this large volume written by Hugh Wheldon and J. H. Plumb, to accompany the 1977 television series. The Tower of London, chapels, churches, castles, houses, paintings and drawings, buildings and furniture, porcelain and glass, jewels and stamps, books and scientific instruments are described, photographed, and set against their historical backgrounds. The chapters are entitled:- The Mediaeval kings. The Tudors. The Stuarts. The Hanoverians. George IV. Victoria and Albert. The 20th century. Making the films. List of 342 illustrations. Condition: price corner removed : edges of dustjacket rubbed: corners slightly bumped : overall very clean and good. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0563170824.html Museum Press 1954: dark blue hardcover with gilt lettering to spine: no dust jacket: 319 pages: black and white illustrations. Synopsis: Translated by Andrew Rabaul and Robin Chancellor, this detailed biography by Antonina Vallentin traces the life and work of El Greco from birth in 1541 to death in 1640 . The comprehensive text is illustrated by 64 black and white photographic reproductions of the artist's work. Condition: small crease mid spine edge: ends of spine slightly bunped: gift inscription: overall clean and good http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/B0000CIYDT.html Royal Academy of Arts, Diploma Gallery 1956: card covers: approximately 6.5 x 9 inches tall: 62 pages. Synopsis: 62 full-page black and white plates chosen by the Royal Academy of Arts to illustrate every period of Sir Alfred Munnings career: from the earliest painting he exhibited at the Royal Academy after his apprenticeship as a royal academy of arts lithographer in Norwich in 1898 to the scenes of jockeys and horses painted at the fulfilment of his career. Condition cover used with rubbed edges and curled corners: ownership inscription: plates very clean and good: overall collectable and acceptable http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw0011111118.html Springbooks, undated but presumed first edition: hardcover in dust jacket with protective plastic outer covering: approximately 9 x 11 inches tall: 34 pages of text with 26 illustrations, plus 64 full-page plates, 32 of these in colour. Contents; Work by following artists included:- Paul Signac, Albert Besnard, Henri Matisse, Maurice de Vlaminck, Pablo Picassos, Marcel Gromaire, Andre Derain, Mark Chagall, Jean-Louis Forain, Jules Pascin, Giorgio Di Chirico, Antoine Bourdelle, Auguste Rodin, Charles Despiau, Baltazar Lobo, Georges Rouault, Suzanne Valadon, Henri Rousseau, Paul Cezanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paul Gaugin ,Henri Matisse, Othon Friesz, Pierre Bonnard, Georges Braque, Paul Signac,Georges Rouault , Georges Seurat, Andre Derain, Leon Zack , Maurice de Vlaminck, Maurice Utrillo, Francesco Bores, Andre Masson, Fernand Leger, Amadeo Modigliani, Amedee Ozenfant, Raoul Dufy, Oscar Dominguez, Henri Clave, Yves Tanguy . Condition: general appearance rather tired: upper and lower edges of hardcover discoloured: slight foxing and small red ink inscription to endpapers: contents clean and good: overall acceptable and collectable http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/SB%20102S%20658.html British Broadcasting Corporation 1980: first of this edition: hardcover in dust jacket: approximately 8 by 11 inches tall: 326 pages including index: Black and white and colour illustrations throughout, including full page plates include each. Synopsis. Following BBC 2's six part series of the same title, this book presents Margot Fonteyn's account of the magic of dance over five centuries. Margot Fonteyn traces the history and development of the dance from the France of Louis XIV, and Russia in the 19th century to the period of Isadora Duncan, Pavlova, Nijinsky and Nureyev. Using examples from where ever dance flourished -- Russia, France, Denmark, Austria, Britain and the United States- she examines the patterns and meanings of dance in the past to predict probable developments in the future; and assesses the contributions of famous and important personalities of the art. Extensively illustrated with photographs, paintings and drawings in colour, and black and white; some of from Dame Margot Fonteyn's private collection. Contents: Acknowledgements. Dance Magical. Dance Universal. Dance Experimental. Dance Imperial. Dance Aerial. Dance Mythological. Dance Traditional. Illustration credits. Index. Condition: ownership inscription: obituary newspaper cutting to front endpapers: overall clean, good and collectable. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY BOOK. customers outside the U K please e-mail for shipping charge. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0563176458.html Thames and Hudson 1971: first edition paperback: 380 pages including index. Synopsis a comprehensive history of the Berlin Picture Gallery, and collection. Contents: introduction. The Great Elector as art collector. The picture gallery of Frederick 11. The first plan for a public museum. The gallery in the Museum of the Lustgarten. The Gustiniani collection. The Solly collection. The Waagen era . The Bode era. The Kaiser Frederich Museum. The German Museum. The Second World War and the Frederichain disaster. The picture gallery in the Dahlem Museum. The plates. List of illustrations. Index Condition very clean and good/almost as new. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0500201153.html George Braziller 1991: first reprint of the 1988 first edition: hardcover in dustjacket: approximately 9.5 x 11 inches tall: 266 pages including index: Black and white and colour illustrations (many full-page) through out. Synopsis: A comprehensive overview of the oldest art in the world: that of the Aborigines of Australia, whose traditional art forms are a manifestation of religious belief based on a concept known in English as The Dreaming; and include images of The Dreaming beings, their places of travel and habitation, and their experiences with a range of media, including bark paintings, sculpture, shields, and recent acrylic paintings. The team contributing to this publication are Dr Christopher Anderson, Curator, Social Anthropology; Philip Jones, Curator, Social History ; Stephen Heming, Curator, Aboriginal History; and Francoise Dussart, Anthropologist. The editor Dr Peter Sutton is Head of the Division of Anthropology at the South Australian Museum; he has lived with Australian aboriginal people in many parts of Australia and worked with them as a scholar and in the field of applied anthropology. He has written publications about aboriginal culture and language and was curator of the ' Dreamings: the Art of aboriginal Australia ' exhibition . Over 300 illustrations and 155 colour plates are included. Condition: very clean and good overall/ almost as new http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0807612014.html Synopsis: As Muchas son, the author has enjoyed unrivaled access to the artists writings and correspondence, and has woven together a detailed tapestry, illustrating the artists career in France and then his return to Czechoslovakia in 1910 where he devoted the remainder of his life to the Slav epic. Comments: 1966 Willian Heinemann first edition - ex library book clean and good but end paper divisions need repair . Format: Hardcover. Pages: 300. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0847810194.html Book Description: Cape Town, Board of Trustees Castle Art Collection / Nasionale Boekhandel, 1969, Third edition; large folio (370x245mm) hardcover in white simulated leather- no dust jacket ; colour picture inset on front board; pictorial endpapers; 140 pages incl. index, profuse colour and b/w illustrations . Parallel text in English and Afrikaans.A scholarly and pictorial catalogue of the contents of The Cape Town Castle of Good Hope- ( From 1674 to the 1795, the seat of government by the Dutch East India Company) Very slight wear to cover edges overall very clean and good http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/mw0010019.html