Rajasthan Style
Rajasthan Style

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2015-11-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781614284659

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"This photographic opus expresses the sublime beauty of the people, nature, and places of this legendary region of India. From palaces to singular creative interiors, this promenade through the myriad colors and traditional handicrafts of Rajasthan captures the idealized Western dream of the Orient" -- Publisher's description.

The Art of Glass
The Art of Glass

Author: Victor Arwas

Publisher: Papadakis Publisher

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 1901092003

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-- Published to coincide with a major exhibition. -- Examines in depth the historical background of each designer and firm, their styles and techniques. This introduction to the most innovative period of goth century glass-making was published to coincide with The Art of Glass - Art Nouveau to Art Deco exhibition at the Sunderland Museum and Art Gallery. The fascinating history of art glass in this Period begins in the 1880's with the precursors to Art Nouveau, follows the creations of Galle, Daum and Muller Freres. It continues with the development of opalescent, frosted and clear molded glass -- especially Lalique, Art Deco, functionalism, Orrefors and English and Scottish glass. But it is above all the glass itself, beautifully reproduced in full color, that brings to life one of the most exciting and creative periods in the history of art glass.

The Daguerreotype
The Daguerreotype

Author: Dominique de Font-Réaulx

Publisher: 5Continents

Published: 2008-09-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9788874394661

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Illustrates the development and rapid spread of Louis Daguerre's photographic invention in France by a variety of daguerreotypes drawn from the collection of the Musee d'Orsay.

Alphonse Mucha--the Spirit of Art Nouveau
Alphonse Mucha--the Spirit of Art Nouveau

Author: Victor Arwas

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9780883971239

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"This book, a full-scale treatment of Mucha's entire oeuvre, includes discussions and reproductions of paintings, posters, decorative panels, pastels, drawings, photographs, jewelry, and illustrations from throughout his career ... 248 color plates, 112 black-and-white illustrations"--Dustjacket.

Gallé Furniture
Gallé Furniture

Author: Alastair Duncan

Publisher: ACC Distribution

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781851496624

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Included for the first time under one cover are all Galle's major works of furniture, both those he designed as unique pieces for an exclusive clientele and those he displayed at two World Expositions and at the annual Paris Salons between 1889 and his un

The French Academy
The French Academy

Author: June Ellen Hargrove

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13:

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The essays in this volume grew out of a symposium at the University of Maryland's Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies and the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore.