Category: Art

3/8 inch closed tear at bottom of dust jacket. 287 pages. Argues that scenes found on late classic sculpture represent cave rituals performed by the Mayan elite and discusses the Mayan world view and the role caves played in it
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Passion for the Mountains: Seventeenth Century Landscape Paintings from the Nanjing Museum

By: Chang, Willow Weilan Hai

Price: $11.00

Publisher: New York, China Institute Gallery: 2003

Seller ID: 608520

ISBN: 0965427072

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

179 pages
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Winslow Homer and the Critics: Forging a National Art in the 1870s

By: Conrads, Margaret C.; Homer, Winslow; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Princeton Univ Dept of Art &: 2002

Seller ID: 605405

ISBN: 0691074305

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

Oversize. 252 pages. Winslow Homer's luminous watercolor seascapes and highly spirited portraits of children and outdoorsmen are some of the most recognizable and cherished works in the history of American art. This catalogue, published in conjunction with a major traveling exhibition, examines his pictures from the 1870s, the least-studied period of this perennially popular American artist. Debunking the common myth that Homer worked in isolation, Margaret Conrads reveals him as a controversial artist who was an integral part of the dizzying New York art scene of the 1870s. Indeed, Homer was ...
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How to Draw and Paint Portraits: Famous Artists School Step-By-Step Method

By: Famous Artists School

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Harpercollins: 1983

Seller ID: 605953

ISBN: 006464071X

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Remainder mark on bottom; sunning near spine . 96 pages. Cortina Famous Artists Library. This book introduces you to an exciting approach to portrait deawing. It was especially created by a group of America's most eminent artists who have demonstrated the methods they have used in their distinguished careers.
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Women Silversmiths, 1685-1845

By: Glanville, Philippa; Goldsborough, Jennifer F.

Price: $19.50

Publisher: National Museum of Women in the Arts: 1990

Seller ID: 606106

ISBN: 0940979101

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Oversize. 176 pages. Examines the works created by women silversmiths in the British Isles before the mid-nineteenth century. Includes limited biographical information on each woman.
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: A Companion Guide and History

By: Goldfarb, Hilliard T.

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New Haven, CT, Yale University Press: 1995

Seller ID: 606761

ISBN: 0300063415

Binding: Flexible covers

Condition: As New

152 pages. This work is a guide to the collection in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. It also offers a narrative history, combining art historical, social and historical analysis, with stories about how the collection was acquired.
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Hummel Art: Price Guide and Supplement

By: Hotchkiss, John F

Price: $4.95

Publisher: Wallace-Homestead Book Co: 1980

Seller ID: 604200

ISBN: 0870693255

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Fine

64 pages
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Billy Al Bengston

By: Houston, Cont. Art. Mus.

Price: $21.00

Publisher: San Francisco, Chronicle Books: 1988

Seller ID: 601968

ISBN: 0877014736

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

Oversize. 143 pages
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Wildlife of New Zealand: An Artist's Impression

By: Jackson, Russell

Price: $49.50

Publisher: Aukland, David Bateman: 1982

Seller ID: 603863

ISBN: 0908610041

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Very light edge wear to book and dust jacket. Illustrated end papers. 160 pages. Includes 8 x 5-1/2 illustration from the book suitable for framing
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Clip Art for the Liturgical Year

By: Jeide, Joshua J.

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Collegeville, MN, Liturgical Press: 1988

Seller ID: 604860

ISBN: 0814615821

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Previous owner's name and address stamped on half-title and inside back cover . 128 pages. This handy source of quality line drawings and calligraphy will be welcomed by every busy teacher, parish secretary, or program designer looking for a design to highlight a lesson plan, a Sunday bulletin, or a program book. Illustrations, by the noted liturgical artist Clemens Schmidt, have been arranged according to the liturgical year and indexed for fast reference.
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Visions of Aggieland

By: Knox, Benjamin

Price: $50.00

Publisher: College Station, TX, Benjamin Knox Publishing: 2008

Seller ID: 606231

ISBN: 097248700X

Binding: Paperback

Condition: As New

48 pages
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Wildly Austin: Austin's Landmark Art, Volume 1

By: Loving, Vikki

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Austin, TX, Wildly Austin Press: 2004

Seller ID: 605235

ISBN: 0975399004

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

Oversize. 71 pages. Volume 1 includes over 30 photos with accompanying stories and histories, many of which have never before been documented. For visitors to Austin, Austin's Landmark Art is a playful and informative tour guide to many of Austin's most unique sites and businesses. For others, it serves as a valuable collection which preserves forever in time a fragment of the individual spirit of a city whose evolution may someday find many of these precious landmarks extinct.
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Bev Doolittle: New Magic

By: Maclay, Elise; Doolittle, Bev

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Bantam: 1995

Seller ID: 603685

ISBN: 0553101048

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Very slight yellowing to d j . Oversize. 85 pages. Illustrated with two dozen color images and more than thirty black-and-white drawings, the long-awaited companion volume to the best-selling The Art of Bev Doolittle exhibits the artist's popular camouflage technique and Native American sensibility.
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Mary Cassatt: Reflections of Women's Lives

By: Mancoff, Debra N.

Price: $52.00

Publisher: New York, Stewart, Tabori & Chang: 1998

Seller ID: 608668

ISBN: 1556708521

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Pictoral cover.. 96 pages
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: A Permanent Legacy

By: Marzio, Peter

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Hudson Hills Press: 1989

Seller ID: 604394

ISBN: 1555950221

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Oversize. 368 pages. This volume celebrates one of America's great museums.
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Royal Heritage: The Reign of Elizabeth II

By: Plumb, J H

Price: $6.95

Publisher: London, Peerage Books: 1984

Seller ID: 603853

ISBN: 0907408796

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Very minor wear at top and bottom edges of spine. Dust jacket has scratch on back and 1/2" closed tear . 184 pages
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Howard Pyle: The Artist & His Legacy

By: Pyle, Howard

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Wilmington, DE, Delaware Art Museum: 1987

Seller ID: 608134

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Near Fine

38 pages. A catalog of a dual exhibition.of Howard Pyle's work by the Delaware Art Museum and the Brandywine River Museum. Includes eight copies of the artist's work on stiff paper
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