ledochowicz.com

History of Art

Ink and Gold Art of the Kano

Fischer Felice, Kinoshita Kyoko

ISBN: HB: 9780300210491, Yale University Press, May 2015
350 pp., 25.4x29.9 cm, 380 colour illus., 40 black&white illus.

The Kano lineage of painters-the most important in Japan-was established in the late 15th century by Kano Masanobu (1434-1530) and continued for more than 400 years, until the early 20th century. Originally limited to successive generations of the Ka...

HB:

£55,00

QTY:

add books to the list

Fashion

Dressing Up Fashion Week NYC

Friedlander Lee, Ryan Kathy

ISBN: HB: 9780300179859, Yale University Press, May 2015
84 pp., 33x28 cm, 59 duotone illus.

Lee Friedlander (b. 1934) is one of the most renowned photographers of his generation. Through Friedlander's lens, people in their everyday environments are transformed into arresting portraits, and the banal features of roadsides, storefronts, and c...

HB:

£30,00

QTY:

add books to the list

History of Art

Public in the Picture Involving the Beholder in Antique, Islamic, Byzantine and Western Medieval and Renaissance Art

Fricke Beate, Krass Urte

ISBN: HB: 9783037344781, University of Chicago Press, Diaphanes, April 2015
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 20 colour plates, 75 halftones

The act of including bystanders within the scene of an artwork has marked an important shift in the ways artists addressed the beholder, as well as a significant transformation of the relationship between images and their viewership. In such works, t...

HB:

£37,50

QTY:

add books to the list

Photography

BARCELONA Portrait of a City

Feriche Ricardo

ISBN: HB: 9788415691679, Prestel Publishing, La Fabrica, March 2015
352 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, black&white photos

This is a stunning photographic celebration of everything that makes Barcelona one of the most inviting, exciting and inspiring cities in the whole world. Barcelona is special, its architecture, monuments, streets, its style, its history, its spirit,...

HB:

£43,00

QTY:

add books to the list

Contemporary Art

Coney Island Visions of an American Dreamland, 1861-2008

Frank Robin Jaffee, Denson Charles, Glick Josh, Kasson John F., Musser Charles

ISBN: HB: 9780300189902, Yale University Press, March 2015
304 pp., 28x24.1 cm, 228 colour illus., 77 black&white illus.

Called "America's playground", Coney Island is a world-famous resort and national cultural symbol that has inspired music, literature, and films. This groundbreaking book is the first to look at the site's enduring status as inspiration for artists t...

HB:

£30,00

QTY:

add books to the list

History of Art

Buddhist Art of Myanmar

Fraser-Lu Sylvia, Stadtner Donald M., Chain U Tun Aung, Leider Jacques, Pranke Patrick, Brown Robert, Tan Heidi, Proser Adriana

ISBN: HB: 9780300209457, Yale University Press, March 2015
272 pp., 26.7x22.9 cm, 150 colour illus.

The practice of Buddhism in Myanmar (Burma) has resulted in the production of dazzling objects since the 5th century. This landmark publication presents the first overview of these magnificent works of art from major museums in Myanmar and collection...

HB:

£45,00

QTY:

add books to the list

History of Art

Brilliant History of Color in Art

Finlay Victoria

ISBN: HB: 9781606064290, Getty Publications, November 2014
166 pp., 25.9x23.6 cm, 166 colour illus.

This is a irresistible and wonderfully illustrated exploration of the history of colour in art. The history of art is inseparable from the history of colour. And what a fascinating story they tell together: one that brims with an all-star cast of cha...

HB:

£16,99

QTY:

add books to the list

History of Art

Art of the American West The Haub Family Collection at Tacoma Art Museum

Fry Laura F., Hassrick Peter H., Stevens Scott Manning, Stebich Stephanie A.

ISBN: HB: 9780300207606, Yale University Press, November 2014
312 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 350 colour illus.

This handsome book displays an extraordinary breadth of masterworks dating from the 1790s to the present, including over 140 artists in some 350 beautiful colour reproductions. In a variety of media and styles, iconic American artists including Frede...

HB:

£30,00

QTY:

add books to the list

History of Art

Communities of Style Portable Luxury Arts, Identity, and Collective Memory in the Iron Age Levant

Feldman Marian H.

ISBN: HB: 9780226105611, University of Chicago Press, November 2014
264 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 20 colour plates, 41 halftones, 3 line drawings

"Communities of Style" examines the production and circulation of portable luxury goods throughout the Levant in the early Iron Age (1200-600 BCE). In particular it focuses on how societies in flux came together around the material effects of art and...

HB:

£56,00

QTY:

add books to the list

History of Art

Flora Illustrata Great Works from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden

Fraser Susan M., Sellers Vanessa Bezemer

ISBN: HB: 9780300196627, Yale University Press, October 2014
288 pp., 21.6x26 cm, 279 colour and black&white illus.

The renowned LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden counts among its holdings many of the most beautiful and pioneering botanical and horticultural works ever created. More than eight centuries of knowledge, from the twelfth centu...

HB:

£40,00

QTY:

add books to the list