An elegantly produced volume which illustrates celebrated American metal sculptor Joel Perlman's finest works and relates them to his fascinating life story This handsomely ...
.This remarkable volume is the most comprehensive examination to date of the art and architecture of european monasteries, featuring an authoritative text and more ...
An inspiring book on design and a lively autobiography, this text portrays Jenette Kahn's odyssey renovating and decorating her apartment in a landmark Manhattan ...
The dialogue between art and science has powerfully shaped both endeavors since antiquity. Artists have been pioneering figures in disciplines from engineering to medicine, ...
Rising dramatically above all other skyscrapers at the tip of Manhattan, the World Trade Center symbolized New York. From any direction the Towers were ...
Even now, some forty-five years after his death, the works created by Max Beckmann exert an intense influence on contemporary art. His piercing self-portraits, ...
Reacting to the mechanization of the industrial revolution, late-19th-century designers in England and America urged a return to the fine craftsmanship exemplified by medieval ...
Another in the StyleBooks series from Abbeville Press, this pocket-sized reference serves as a clear, readable introduction to Art Nouveau. A highly decorative art ...
Looks at thirty-one different types of gardens from the Midwestern United States, with six suggested tours for travelers, and tips on growing some of ...
As Richard Striner explains in this entertaining sampler, Art Deco's repertoire came from divergent sources: classical antiquity, contemporary visions of machines and speed, and ...
Gracefully written and brilliantly illustrated, this handsome new volume captures the vision, the wit, and the down-to-earth inventiveness of one of the most influential ...
Focusing on the Colombian artist, Fernando Botero (born 1932), this is one of a series of illustrated monographs which offer introductions to modern art ...
