The Museum, Hardcover

DescriptionNicholas Roerich (1874-1947) is known first and foremost as a painter. His paintings, of which there are thousands around the world, exp...

Over eight hundred examples of some of the finest Japanese sword-guards from one of the most famous museums in the word. ( In a two volume series.)

Reducere. A definitive survey on the Dada participant and pioneer of abstraction between art and craft, spanning her textiles, marionettes, stained glass, pa...

Reducere. A sumptuous guide to a major new art museum in Paris, designed by Tadao AndoOpening in May 2021, the Bourse de Commerce - Pinault Collection is a m...

Reducere. In the early nineteenth century, Prince Maximilian of Wied traveled the Missouri River to uncover what he called "the natural face of North America...

Reducere. From late medieval reenactments of the Deposition from the Cross to Sol Lewitt's "Buried Cube, " Depositions is about taking down images and about ...

This book reveals a great untold story of enterprise and innovation based on the relationship between the Victoria and Albert Museum, and Elkington...

Drawing from the extensive Textile and Fashion Arts Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, this miniature history of European and American fashion ...

Reducere. Seattle art collectors Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis were frequent visitors to New York City in the 1970s and early 1980s when they collabora...

Reducere. Home to over 20, 000 mind-boggling anatomic specimens, plaster casts, wax models, and paintings, the Mutter Museum, founded in 1858, is part of the...

Traces fashions from 1870 to the present along a conceptual, disruptive, and nontraditional timeline of fashion history Fashion not only reflects a...

An unabridged reading of this novelisation of a classic 1965 TV serial featurng the First Doctor, as played on by William Hartnell. 4 CDs. Running ...

Reducere. Albers in ``the promised land of abstract art`` the little-known influence of Mexico``Mexico is truly the promised land of abstract art, `` Josef A...

Reducere. The early 1950s, when Robert Rauschenberg launched his career, was the heyday of the heroic gestural painting of Abstract Expressionism. Rauschenbe...

Reducere. More than any other artist, Walker Evans invented the images of essential America that we have long since accepted as fact, and his work has influe...

Zofia Kulik's rich artistic career has a dual nature. Between 1970 and 1987, she worked alongside Przemyslaw Kwiek as a member of the duo KwieKulik...

"His work went beyond fashion and was a fine art." --a Charles James patron Charles James, often considered to be America's first couturier, was re...

Reducere. A comprehensive survey of the work of this most influential Florentine artist and teacher Andrea del Verrocchio (c. 1435-1488) was one of the most ...

In this primer accompanying Adam Pendleton's MoMA show, the artist behind "Black Dada" fuses musical counterpoint with the aesthetics of protestAda...

A handsome facsimile of conceptualist Luigi Ghirri's poetic narrative of 1970s pop culture Italian photographer Luigi Ghirri (1943-92) made Cardboa...

Reducere. When George Westinghouse Jr. founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company, his air brakes, railroad equipment, and industrial pneumatic devices revol...

Known for his exquisite images of birds and landscape, Eliot Porter (1901-1990) was a pioneer in the use of colour photography. This work is an ill...

Reducere. Published in conjunction with the most comprehensive exhibition ever devoted to Henri Matisse's paper cut-outs, made from the early 1940s until the...

DescriptionLed by Pritzker Prize-winning artistic director Alejandro Aravena (born 1967), the Elemental studio, based in Santiago, Chile, possesses...

DescriptionFrom a distance, micromosaics appear like paintings; it is only on closer inspection that the intricate patterns of tesserae (the tiny p...

Hilma af Klint's daring abstractions exert a mystical magnetismWhen Swedish artist Hilma af Klint died in 1944 at the age of 81, she left behind mo...

DescriptionWinner of the Apollo Magazine 2016 "Book of the Year" award. A landmark publication--beautifully illustrated with over 300 prints from t...

Reducere. Brash, brilliant and funny, the Chicago Imagists--from the Hairy Who and Nonplussed Some to False Image and Marriage Chicago Style--receive a full ...

Reducere. In June 2013, The Museum of Modern Art presents the largest exhibition ever produced on Le Corbusier's prolific oeuvre, encompassing his work as ar...

Contributor(s): Text by (Art/Photo Books): Rosemary CrillThe Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is the world's greatest museum of art and design, ...

Reducere. From the burning of Washington by the British in 1814 to the September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon, firefighters in Washington, D.C., have alwa...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Editor: Kathryn E. DelmezIntroduction by: Marty StuartText by (Art/Photo Books): Susan H. EdwardsAlthough known primarily as a coun...

DescriptionA celebration of the visual contributions of the bestiary--one of the most popular types of illuminated books during the Middle Ages--an...

DescriptionA concise survey of Marsden Hartley's daring innovations in American painting, with reflections on his work by contemporary artistsA def...

During the early 20th century, Grand Island was a unique and diverse community. No one captured this better than Julius Leschinsky. As Grand Island...

Reducere. Ink, Silk & Gold explores the dynamic and complex traditions of Islamic art through more than 115 works of art drawn from the collection of the Mus...

Contributor(s): Editor: Jeffrey SpierEditor: Timothy PottsEditor: Sara E. ColeFrom about 2000 BCE onward, Egypt served as an important nexus for cu...

Reducere. The collection of natural mineral crystals housed at the Houston Museum of Natural Science is the finest and best known in the world. Now the treas...

Reducere. Take an exclusive backstage tour of the world's most exciting museums and discover their hidden treasures. This behind-the-scenes guide showcases a...

The Chicago-born artist Charles White (1918-79) was celebrated during his lifetime for depictions of African-American men, women and children that ...

In the past decade a new generation of photographers has directed the documentary approach toward more personal ends. Their aim has been not to ref...

DescriptionMajestic and magical landscapes, the soft beauty of fields of flowers, the raw cold of winter: the works of Harald Sohlberg (1869-1935) ...

Reducere. Description"Art will wake you up. Art will break your heart. There will be glorious days. If you want eternity you must be fearless." --Heather Ros...

Reducere. Atget's charming postcard portraits of Paris tradespeople were his only publications during his lifetimeFew places on Earth have been as lovingly, ...

DescriptionAn absurdist provocateur and brilliant interventionist, Pope.L is a seditious force in contemporary American artPope.L is a consummate t...

DescriptionNorth American Indian Art: Masterpieces and Museum Collections from the Netherlands showcases 114 oustanding examples of Native art and ...

Surveying the American artist's multimedia works on paper from 1964 to the presentAmerican artist Louise Fishman's (born 1939) physical and process...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Magritte's extraordinary late paintingsWhen RenMagritte reached his 40s, something unexpected happened. The painter, who had honed an iconic Surrea...

Reducere. DescriptionArmajani unites art and architecture, Persian calligraphy and abstract expressionism, American vernacular architecture and Russian const...

Reducere. Today's leading poets and writers--from Anne Carson to Roxane Gay--respond to modern and contemporary masterpiecesIn this book, 26 internationally ...

A fresh and engaging look at the controversial work of Jeff Koons, with insightful analyses and illustrations of all of his iconic pieces alongside...

The American Museum of Natural History is one of New York City's most beloved institutions, and one of the largest, most celebrated museums in the ...

Reducere. The first career-spanning volume of the work of two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Bill Mauldin, featuring comic art from World War II, Kor...

Reducere. The Danish architect and industrial designer Poul Kj rholm has always been quietly revered in modernist design circles, but in recent years his wor...

Reducere. The German Tiger was dramatically more powerful than any other tank when deployed in 1942. Why were the Allies taken by surprise? How did the Germa...

DescriptionAll the pictures in this collection have been celebrated in the past decades by the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition--the w...

How a small photography club gave birth to modernist photography in BrazilPublished in conjunction with the first major museum exhibition of Brazil...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A revelatory look at the influential and enigmatic designer behind Comme des Garcons The great pantheon of fashion designers produces only a handfu...

Reducere. The General paints a moving portrait of a family man, a business man, a man of faith and a military man who loved his country.

Reducere. DescriptionMaybe you're good at spotting Waldo. But can you spot the difference? Head to the museum, where even the sharpest eyes are seeing double...

Reducere. Charles M. Russell has long been recognized for his action-packed paintings, drawings, and sculpture of cowboys, fur trappers, Native American buff...

DescriptionThe Livre des faits de Jacques de Lalaing (Book of the Deeds of Jacques de Lalaing), a famous Flemish illuminated manuscript, relays the...

The first book to document how artists of the early twentieth century responded to new scientific conceptions of reality.In the early twentieth cen...

This engaging biography brings light to the life, art, and extraordinary contributions of Olive Rush (1873 1966), artist, illustrator, muralist, Na...

DescriptionA fresh exploration of Native American art that positions the work within the broader context of North American art history This landmar...

The Italian Renaissance was a golden age for bronze sculpture, both on a grand scale--such as Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise, or Cellini's Perseus--a...

The first publication to examine the pioneering designer and prolific collector who led Tiffany & Co. to creative and commercial success A silversm...

Reducere. The Papyrus of Ani is a papyrus manuscript with cursive hieroglyphs and illustrations created c. 1250 BCE, in the 19th dynasty of the New Kingdom o...