Creator: Greg Gorman
Edition: Limited
Publication date: 2001-09
Dewey code: 770
List Price: $600.00
Price: $1,350.00
Review As I See It (Collector's Edition) / powerHouse Books:The slipcased hardcover book is accompanied by a silver-gelatin photograph signed and numbered by the artist, made in an edition of only eighty, and features a different cover image from the sold-out clothbound edition.
Publication date: 1995-11
Dewey code: 730
Price: $375.00
Review Hollstein's German Engravings Etchings and Woodcuts 1400-1700: Susanna Maria Von Sandrart (Vol 41) / Sound & Vision Interactive Inc:
Publication date: 2002-10-23
Dewey code: 726.50944209021
List Price: $1,175.00
Price: $1,163.36
Review The Creation of Gothic Architecture I: The Evolution of Foliate Capitals, 1170-1250: i, ii (Creation of Gothic Architecture) / West Grinstead Publications:The Creation of Gothic Architecture is a five-part illustrated thesaurus of the Early Gothic churches in the limestone region of northern France known as the Paris Basin. It focuses on the transformation from romanesque to gothic architecture during the years between 1120 and 1250, and when complete it will provide a comprehensive pictorial history of the 1,420 churches of the Paris Basin. Most of these churches, which represent a vital step in the evolution of western European architecture, are barely known outside the region, and have been little recorded. The completed project will: provide a photographic description of all the more significant churches; analyse stylistic changes to foliate capitals and vault-erection techniques; establish a foundation for dating the contruction phases of the churches; and, using this chronology, will identify the time and place for each of the creative ideas, inventions and innovations that produced the gothic style, follow their evolution from place to place, and identify the major creators. Dr JOHN JAMES is a world authority on medieval architecture, author of over sixty books and articles.
Creator: Martin Parr
Edition: Collectors
Publication date: 2002-07-31
Dewey code: 770
List Price: $675.00
Price: $444.57
Review Martin Parr: Lane Baptist Chapel Yorkshire, 1978 Collector's Editon: From 'The Nonconformists' (Martin Parr Collector's Edition) / Phaidon Press:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2006-12-26
Dewey code: 363.69
List Price: $1,240.00
Price: $1,236.00
Review Cultural Heritage: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies / Routledge:"Cultural Heritage" is a new title in the Routledge Major Works series, "Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies". Edited by Laurajane Smith of the University of York, UK, this four-volume collection brings together the essential Anglophone literature of heritage studies. Encompassing both contemporary material and material of historical significance from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the collection is explicitly interdisciplinary, with research drawn not only from the three disciplines of archaeology, architecture and history traditionally associated with material heritage, but also from subjects such as geography, anthropology, museology, sociology, cultural studies, performance studies and tourism studies. As an emerging field of academic enquiry, the sheer scale of the growth in research output in heritage studies makes this collection especially timely, and meets the demand for a comprehensive reference work to give greater clarity and focus to this fast-developing area. Its value also lies in its bringing together the best scholarship from the various disciplines that are newly turning their attention to issues relating to 'heritage', as well as in identifying cultural heritage's key themes and debates. The first volume ("History and Concepts") in the collection describes the development of the modern concern with conserving and preserving material from the past - often conceptualized as 'heritage'. It also gathers the best research about the key concepts and principles underlying heritage management and conservation practices. Volume 2 ("Critical Concepts in Heritage") traces the dissonant and contested nature of heritage practices and the various attempts that have been made to theorize heritage conservation, curation and preservation practices. The volume contains work on the debates over indigenous heritage, national identity, and memory and heritage, together with papers that attempt to explain and contextualize these debates. Volume 3 ("Heritage as an Industry") collects the most significant scholarship on issues about the so-called 'commodification' of the past and the creation of 'consensual histories', while Volume 4 ("Interpretation and Community") contains the key material on the practice of heritage interpretation and community heritage projects, as well as work on the developing debates about the nature of intangible heritage. [+]The collected materials are supplemented by an introduction to each volume, newly written by the editor, together with a full index. It is destined to be welcomed by scholars and teachers of cultural heritage - and those working in allied disciplines - as an invaluable reference resource.
Creator: Joseph Rykwert
Publication date: 1986-08-21
Dewey code: 720.924
Price: $55.00
Review Carlo Scarpa: Theory, Design, Projects / The MIT Press:Carlo Scarpa (1902-1978) belongs to the generation of Italian architects working in a period when political conditions placed severe restrictions on architectural expression. Yet Scarpa's achievements surpassed anything else being done in Italy between the wars and exemplified the best work done in the "Rationalist" tradition. This book considers the full spectrum of Scarpa's work, concentrating especially on his museum projects. It closely follows Scarpa's complex, multidimensional personality, covering the vicissitudes of his career, his ideas and their relationship to those of the modern masters, his cultural milieu, and his unique architectural contribution, which is imbued with a profound feeling for craft. Over 360 black and white and full color drawings and photographs of Scarpa's built works are integrated with plans and process drawings in a way that provides an experiential as well as formal understanding of the projects. Maria Antonietta Crippa teaches drawing and the restoration at the Milan Politecnico, and the History of Architecture at the Milan Institute of Design.
Authors
- Karen Kilimnik
- Marie-Laure Bernadac
- Louise Bourgeois
Dewey code: 708
Price: $195.00
Review Louise Bourgeois: The Insomnia Drawings, Special Ltd. Edition / Scalo Publishers:Insomnia has been a lifetime companion of Louise Bourgeois' night hours. Between November 1994 and June 1995, she has committed to paper whatever thoughts, memories, and images surfaced during her long sleepless nights. The resulting 220 drawings are the quintessence of all the impulses, sources, and motifs inspiring her work. "The Insomnia Drawings" show the artist's mind at work: drawings and sketches alternate with poems and aphorisms in both French and English, interspersed with notes referring to the hustle-bustle of everyday life. The series is a unique mirror of an extraordinary woman's life and work: beautiful, disquieting, passionate, inquiring, and imbued with a quirky sense of humor. As soon as the artist agreed to entrust "The Insomnia Drawings" to the Daros Collection, it was clear that this extraordinary work should be presented as a book. The result is a handsome slipcased two-volume publication, edited by Daros Services, Zurich. The first volume contains facsimiles of both the recto and verso of the 220 drawings. The second volume provides the reader with valuable background information on this complex and exhilaratingly beautiful work of art. Marie-Louise Bernadac, a leading Bourgeois scholar, places "The Insomnia Drawings" in context of Bourgeois' oeuvre, providing biographical references for many notes, and pointing out the leitmotifs of Bourgeois' imaginary universe. [+]In a lucid and beautifully written essay, Elisabeth Bronfen traces the nocturnal mysteries of insomnia and places this work of art in a larger cultural context. Furthermore, the second volume offers a chronology and annotated transcriptions of all texts and notes. This landmark publication is a must for everyone wanting to take part in the imaginative journeys of one of today's most important artists. "The Insomnia Drawings" are part of the Daros Collection. 13 x 10. 25 inches, 220 illustrations. Author Quote: "She presents herself as a lady-in-waiting, silent and patient, with the night promising to save her from the array of desires such as love, faith, faithlessness, tenacity, ambition, while here sleeplessness prevents any salvation from her psychic distress. If in these drawings and texts the night is metaphorically conceived of as an expanse of water that might engulf her, while sleep would restore her, insomnia is what prevents any voyage into inundation. (. ) Because her insomnia brings states of ambivalence to the fore, she keeps returning to the question of being suspended between two emotions-between plentitude and lack, proximity and absence, agreement and contradiction. " -Elisabeth Bronfen "L'art / ou est / la vie, / toi et vous / inspire / unafraid: Art / est le / contraire / du acting. Les paysages de nuit on / envahi les jours. Water is the / opposite of continuity / water can be the best but it can be worse / / M is for mother / in the water / it is subject / to change / or even to reversal. " -Louise Bourgeois.
Creator: Jeremy Greenwood
Publication date: 1997-03
Review Wood Engravings of Paul Nash: Catalogue of the Wood Engravings, Pattern Papers, Etchings and an Engraving on Copper / Wood Lea Press:
Publication date: 1987-07-13
Review Paul Poiret / Thames & Hudson Ltd:
Publication date: 1997-01
Review Claude Cahun: Bilder / Schirmer/Mosel:
Publication date: 2001-05
Dewey code: 708
List Price: $195.00
Price: $1,259.07
Review Pablo Picasso: Catalogue of the Printed Graphic Work, 1966-1969 / Wittenborn Art Books:
Publication date: 1998-12
Price: $0.03
Review WWW. H R Giger.com / Taschen:This artist's book and accompanying collage have been designed by H. R. Giger in an edition of 277 numbered and signed copies.
Creator: David L. Stymiest
Publication date: 2000-12-06
Dewey code: 658.2
Price: $125.00
Review Facilities Engineering and Management Handbook: Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Buildings / McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing:Get the big picture in facility management and engineering for greater safety, efficiency, and economy A complete desktop reference, Facilities Engineering and Management Handbook - by Paul Smith, Anand Seth, Roger Wessel, David Stymiest, William Porter and Mark Neitlich - gives you all the tools you need for analyzing, comparing, anticipating, and managing the implications of engineering, maintenance, operating, and design decisions, and integrating facility systems for best results. The Handbook's life-cycle approach helps you put all relevant issues in context - cost, durability, maintainability, operability, safety, and more - so you can: Make farsighted, well-integrated decisions Coordinate architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, HVAC, control instrumentation, and other needs in any type of building Handle today's concerns and technologies, such as smart buildings and telecommunications networks Visualize solutions with hundreds of illustrations Find information on all needed codes and standards governing facility design, installation, operation, and maintenance Evaluate loads on mechanical and other systems Use computer-aided systems Prepare a whole-facility economic analysis Apply useful guidance on complex specialized facilities, such as airports and industrial process plants-plus integrated complexes such as malls and government installations Plan for and integrate fire, safety, security, data, communications, lightning, controls, fuel, power, plumbing, and many other types of systems.
Creator: Amy Reigle Stephens
Publication date: 1993-03
Dewey code: 708
Price: $175.00
Review The New Wave: 20th Century Japanese Prints from the Robert O. Muller Collection / Han-Shen Tang:
Publication date: 1987
Review Bettina Rheims / Paris audiovisuel:
Publication date: 1981
Review Zimbabwean stone sculpture / Books of Zimbabwe:
Publication date: 1985-11
Dewey code: 770.942
Price: $40.00
Review Sun Gardens: Victorian Photograms / Aperture Book:
Publication date: 1992
Review Henry Moore bibliography / Henry Moore Foundation:
Edition: Collector's ed
Publication date: 2004-05
List Price: $500.00
Price: $1,176.77
Review Christo and Jeanne-Claude / Taschen:Wrapping historic structures in silvery fabric and blue cable - a famous tradition for Christo and Jeanne-Claude In the summer of 1995, the Reichstag building in Berlin was transformed into an immense sculptural experience by Christo and his wife Jeanne-Claude along with a team of hundreds. Wrapping historic structures in silvery fabric and blue cable has become a famous tradition for Christo and Jeanne-Claude: landscape projects in the USA, Japan, and Australia and urban projects such as the Pont Neuf in Paris have established them as the most extraordinary artist couple of the age. This in-depth survey of their unusual work is illustrated with absorbing photographs by Wolfgang Volz.
Creator: Colin Smythe
Publication date: 1971
Review Coole (Dolmen editions, 10) / Dolmen Press:
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