Dutch Masters Bullet Notebook Breitner (Dutch Masters, #5)
by Afyta Publishing
Decorative French Ironwork Designs (Dover Jewelry and Metalwork)
by Louis Blanc
Yorkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) (The Buildings of England)
by Nikolaus Pevsner
The North Riding extends from the fells on the Westmorland border to the highest cliffs in England, facing the North Sea. In an area of scattered settlements, Richmond is one of the best market towns in England, as Whitby is one of the best fishing towns. There are the remains of unusually complete and beautiful work at Rievaulx, complemented by fine eighteenth-century landscaping. The North Riding also saw Vanbrugh's astonishing first essay into architecture at Castle Howard, and there are many...
Handbook of Practical Planning for Artists, Art Collectors, and Their Advisors
by Ramsay H Slugg
La Chambre de van Gogh à Arles Planificateur Mensuel 2020
by Parbleu Carnets de Notes
This lavishly illustrated volume explores the fascinating and little-known subject of "lover's eyes," hand-painted miniatures of single human eyes set in jewellery and given as tokens of affection, or created to memorialise a deceased loved one. According to popular lore, the phenomenon began in 1785, when the Prince of Wales secretly proposed to Mrs. Maria Fitzherbert with a miniature of his own eye. This romantic gesture inspired a fad among the aristocracy for exchanging eye portraits mounted...
"Chihuly's originality lies in his refusal to believe that there are fixed rules that must be adhered to," wrote the late Henry Geldzahler, former curator of contemporary art of New York's Metropolitan Museum, in his essay for 'Chihuly Form From Fire'. Accompanying the artist's travelling retrospective, the 144-page book documents 10 of Chihuly's rule-breaking series from the Baskets, begun in the late 1970s, through the Pilchuck Stumps of 1992. Painter and art critic Walter Darby Bannard introd...
Graceful okimono figures in many forms, dating from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, are the primary focus of this book, while scholar's brush holders and wrist rests, cricket cages, card cases, match holders, sword hilts, and scabbards are also presented. Finely carved ivory from China and Japan is featured here, along with artist's signatures, in over 600 beautiful photos. An engaging text explores the history of the ivory trade from East to West, quoting nineteenth century Europe...
I'm Continuing To Work Hard, Not Without Periods Of Discouragement, But My Strenght Comes Back Again. Claude Monet.
by Jodie Stuart Ad
