"Masterpieces of Tibetan Buddhist art are presented as the constituents of a shrineSculptures, paintings, musical instruments, and ritual objects (13th-20th century) from the Kandell CollectionAssembly of the Exalted presents some 50 pieces from the remarkable collection of Alice S. Kandell. The works, dating from the late 13th century to the early 20th, include great masterpieces and emblematic examples of Tibetan Buddhist art. They are ..."
"At once an important social history of tobacco and smoking and a beautiful coffee table book, A Token of Elegance is ideal for art and design historians, history students, museum professionals, and collectors Of great interest to jewelry historians as many cigarette holders were made for their international clientele by the major jewelry firms and this is the first book where so many cigarette holders are catalogued and photographed The ..."
"• A magnificent collection of 66 pieces of petrified wood mainly from the Western United States, specially photographed to show the artistic beauty hidden in Nature's masterpieces • All the images are unpublished and were specifically shot for this book • Authoritative text by the Curator of Minerals at the American Museum of Natural History This stunning book documents a collection of 66 extraordinary pieces of petrified wood, mainly f ..."
"A century and more ago, the vast majority of Americans lived and worked on farms. From that era date the barn of one Abel Bristol, photographed in this book, and the diary of his contemporary and neighbor, Philo Blinn, also printed here. The two men lived out their days amid the unremarkable circumstances of ordinary farm labor, and precisely in that lies their interest for us today - for they exemplify a way of life in America that has ..."
"This volume offers `a complete account of the meaning, form and purpose of Cycladic Art' - using masterpieces from the Goulandris collection newly and spectacularly photographed as illustrations. Renfrew introduces the familiar folded-arm figures, explaining their classification and possible use; he considers the art-historical issues which they raise: whether certain figures can be attributed to individual craftsmen; how they were orig ..."
" Before long, and without intending it, I found that jewelry had become part of my personal diplomatic arsenal. Former president George H. W. Bush had been known for saying "Read my lips." I began urging colleagues and reporters to "Read my pins." It would never have happened if not for Saddam Hussein. When U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Madeleine Albright criticized the dictator, his poet in residence responded by calling he ..."
"Eugene and Clare Thaw's outstanding collection of Native American art includes superb objects from nearly all the important American tribes. This book, the first on the Thaw Collection, presents 100 of its finest works, ranging from Northwest Coast masks to Southwestern pueblo pottery to Plains and Woodland Indian headdresses, peace pipes, and shields. 100 color photos."
"Swarovski Swarovski is a family-owned company that produces crystal stones for use in fashion, jewelry, lighting, textiles and interior design. This book outlines the history of the company from its founding in 1845, through its entry into Paris couture in the 1920s and 1930s, to the present. Full description"
Ezekiel(Reprint) (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) von JohnBigelowTaylor Paperback, 277 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 2009 von Ivp Academic ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-4222-3, ISBN: 0-8308-4222-5
""For most Bible readers Ezekiel is almost a closed book," writes John Taylor. "Their knowledge of him extends little further than his mysterious vision of God's chariot-throne, with its wheels within wheels, and the vision of the valley of the dry bones." "Otherwise his book is as forbidding in its size as the prophet himself is in the complexity of his make-up," Taylor goes on. "In its structure, however, if not in its thought and lan ..."
"This volume offers `a complete account of the meaning, form and purpose of Cycladic Art' - using masterpieces from the Goulandris collection newly and spectacularly photographed as illustrations. Renfrew introduces the familiar folded-arm figures, explaining their classification and possible use; he considers the art-historical issues which they raise: whether certain figures can be attributed to individual craftsmen; how they were orig ..."
"American furniture explore the artistic influences on the makers and designers. Each piece offers insightful new research into stylistic influences, manufacturing techniques, and the complex nature of the furniture trade. The essays are complemented with period photographs and detailed images."
"In recent years New York has tried to assert itself as a leader for Asian art sales, and this stylish, large-format book provides evidence of its possible preeminence in collecting as well. The catalog of the first exhibition organized under a new regime at the Japan Society Galleries, Crosscurrents carries a subtitle that says it all: Masterpieces of East Asian Art from New York Private Collections. This glimpse of what's usually hidde ..."
"Since childhood, nature has always been important to Paul Stankard, and now as the world's leading glass paperweight artist, this interest has become the defining signature of his work. Flowers such as roses, lilacs, and orchids are depicted as are a host of fantasy flowers that the artist creates in his studio, located in southern New Jersey. To look at a Stankard paperweight is to be momentarily fooled into believing that the artist h ..."
"Renowned as a contemporary designer of fine handbags, Judith Leiber brings together the realms of art and fashion in her creations. Coveted by many, collected by celebrities and socialites, affordable by only a few, Judith Leiber bags are a wearable art-form, appearing in the collections of America's top museums and galleries. Judith Leiber day bags are fashioned in luxurious suedes, leathers and hand-pleated reptile skins. The evening ..."
Splendor of Ethnic Jewelry(1st Edition) From the Colette and Jean Pierre Ghysels Collection von Frances Borel, JohnBigelowTaylor Hardcover, 256 Seiten, Veröffentlicht 1994 von Harry N. Abrams ISBN-13: 978-0-8109-4453-4, ISBN: 0-8109-4453-7
"Over the long course of human history, jewelry and other kinds of body adornment have expressed a multitude of meanings in people's lives - social position, marital status, individual wealth, self-esteem. All these things and more are revealed in the objects that men and women use and wear on and around their bodies. And those who can perceive and understand the subtle meanings of these richly elaborated, finely crafted, and beautiful t ..."
"The portrait medal was one of the key sculptural forms of the Renaissance, a manifesto for the humanist cult of personal fame and a vehicle for some of the finest artists of the age. Yet this most subtle and delicate variety of relief sculpture has chiefly been the province of collectors and connoisseurs, viewed as an intriguing branch of numismatics, rather than an art form in its own right. This study explores the great formative peri ..."
"Sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History, this illustrated history of the Inkas and their predecessors offers a fresh appraisal of a remarkable civilization. Based on recent archaeological studies, this story of the Andean people traces the development of their complex civilization from its beginnings 11,000 years ago to its culmination - the vast and powerful Inka Empire - in the 16th century. The book describes and illustra ..."
"Overwhelmingly, visitors agree that The Frick Collection in New York City is one of their favorite museums in the world. The elegant Fifth Avenue mansion, built in 1914 for Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Frick, houses a unique assemblage of some of the choicest art to be found anywhere.In this book, Charles Ryskamp - the Director of The Frick Collection - introduces the reader to the world of Henry Clay Frick, to the evolution of his collectio ..."
"They glitter, they dazzle, they fool the eye, but one thing is certain: they are all concocted by the world's most beloved and successful designer of costume jewelry, Kenneth Jay Lane.In Kenneth Jay Lane: Faking It, the designer tells us in his own words about his remarkable career and equally remarkable life. The entertainment begins as Lane recalls his transformation in the early 1960s from a shoe designer for Christian Dior to his ro ..."