Product Catalog

Art & Architecture A-L

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• 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die: The World's Architectural Masterpieces - This carefully selection of 1001 wonders of architecture spans traditions throughout the world
• Abrams Guide to American House Styles - Each style is described by a short historical summary, alongside a list of its distinguishing features.
• Africa: The Art of a Continent - by Tom Philips
• African Rock Art: Paintings and Engravings on Stone - by Alec Campbell
• African Textiles - by John Gillow
• After Sir Joshua: Essays on British Art and Cultural History - by Richard Wendorf
• Ajanta Caves: Ancient Paintings of Buddhist India - These exquisite Buddhist paintings and sculptures rank among the world's most important cultural treasures
• Along the Silk Road - This richly illustrated, lively book is keynoted by Yo-Yo Ma's candid insights into contemporary music and the Silk Road routes of Asia.
• Alvar Aalto: Between Humanism and Materialism - by Alvar Aalto
• Amrita Sher Gil: An Indian Artist Family of the Twentieth Century - by Amrita Sher-Gil
• Anchor Anthology of French Poetry: From Nerval to Valery
• The Ancient Egypt Pop-Up Book - by James Putnam
• Antonio Gaudi: Master Architect - Presents the entire career of the architect whose fanciful buildings and sculpture have defined Barcelona's cityscape
• Aqua: Miami Modern by the Sea
• An Architectural Guidebook to Portland - An indispensable resource for visitors and Portlanders alike
• Architecture: A World History - A whirlwind tour of the most spectacular examples of architecture from around the world and throughout time
• Architecture in Detail New York - by Doreen Ehrlich
• Architecture in France - by Philip Jodidio
• Architecture in Japan - Contemporary architecture by country
• Architecture in Switzerland - Contemporary architecture by country
• Architecture in United Kingdom - Contemporary architecture by country
• Architecture of Happiness - by Alain de Botton
• Architecture of Thailand: A Guide to Traditional and Contemporary Forms - A detailed, profusely illustrated survey of Thai architecture with its many styles and forms.
• Architecture of the Absurd - by John Silber
• Architecture of the Southwest - by Trent Elwood Sanford
• Architecture Traveler: Guide to 262 Key American Buildings - by Sydney LeBlanc
• Art and Architecture of Cambodia - An essential and authoritative introduction to a world of spectacular ancient kingdoms, palaces and temples
• The Art and Architecture of London: An Illustrated Guide - This comprehensive, prize-winning guide to the unparalleled visual wealth and historical interest of London art and architecture
• Art and Culture of Japan: Abram's Discoveries Series
• Art and Life in Renaissance Venice - Carefully interweaving art-historical analysis of individual works with rich contextual discussions, Brown reveals a culture of high beauty, artifice, and craftsmanship.
• Art in China: Oxford History of Art - A novel look and comprehensive examination of all aspects of Chinese art, including art found in tombs to the state-controlled art of the Mao Zedong era.
• The Art of Calligraphy in Modern China - A lavishly illustrated survey of the development and significance of calligraphy in China since the 1949 Revolution.
• The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec - by Mary Ellen Miller
• Art of Placemaking: Interpreting Community Through Public Art and Urban Design - Makes a radical case for accessible public art that fosters a powerful civic experience of connection to place
• The Arts of China - Sullivan has thoroughly revised this classic history of Chinese art which covers the period from Neolithic times to the 1990s.
• At Home in Renaissance Italy - A completely fresh and in-depth exploration of the fascinating domestic world of Renaissance Italy
• Australian Art - This comprehensive survey uniquely covers both Aboriginal art and that of European Australians
• Autograf: New York City's Graffiti Writers - A never-before-seen chronicle of the people and places that populate New York's famed graf scene.
• Barcelona and Modernity: Picasso, Gaudi, Miro, Dali - How Catalan artists derived inspiration from local traditions while contributing their own innovations to international modernism.
• Barcelona Pavillion: Mies Van Der Rohe & Kolbe - The outcome of this collaboration was monumental for both Van Der Rohe and Kolbe
• Baroque Architecture of Sicily
• Basketry: A World Guide to Traditional Techniques - Complete with advice on collecting, a glossary, and information on where to see baskets
• Beneath the Metropolis - by Alex Marshall
• The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art - The classic study of the New World's most advanced, sophisticated, and subtle civilization
• Bohemian Paris: Picasso, Modigliani, Matisse, and the Birth of Modern Art - This vivid and magical tour of the bohemian art world of Paris of 1900 to 1930, where the birth of modern art took place.
• Bombay Art Deco Architecture: A Visual Journey: 1930-1953 - A treasury of Art Deco buildings comprising residential, commercial and civic architecture created during the mid 1930's and 1940's
• British Museum Book of Chinese Art - by Jessica Rawson
• Bruce Aiken's Grand Canyon: An Intimate Affair - by Susan Mcgarry
• Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture - Recounts how one genius bent men, materials, and the very forces of nature to engineer the impossible--the construction of a dome over the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in 1418.
• Brussels Art of Living
• The Buried Mirror: Reflections on Spain and the New World - A unique history of the forces that have created this remarkable culture.
• Butabu: Adobe Architecture of West Africa - The history of earthen architecture, the technology that creates it, and the symbolism of its form.
• Caravaggio: Painter of Miracles - by Francine Prose
• Casa Mexicana: The Architecture, Design, and Style of Mexico - by Tim Street-Potter
• Casa Yucatan - Focuses on architectural elements, water spaces, and open-air living in houses both colonial and contemporary.
• Casablanca: Colonial Myths and Architectural Ventures
• Casta Painting: Images of Race in Eighteenth-Century Mexico - edited by Ilona Katzew
• Castle: A History of the Buildings That Shaped Medieval Britain - by Marc Morris
• Celtic Art: From Its Beginnings to the Book of Kells - The study of the elusive, shape-changing, non-narrative art of the Celts
• Central Park, an American Masterpiece - Marking the park's 150th anniversary, this first definitive history celebrates the splendor and significance of this national treasure.
• Certain Somewhere: Writers on the Places They Remember - by Robert Wilson
• The Chicago School of Architecture - The history of the world-famous Chicago school of architecture from its beginning with the functional innovations of William Le Baron and others to their imaginative development by Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright.
• Chicago's Famous Buildings
• China Design Now - Explores how China's new design culture began, how it is developing, and where it is going.
• China Modern - Showcases 39 innovative homes, bars and restaurants with Chinese-inspired interiors from locations including Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
• China Style - Shows how Chinese tradition is constantly being reinterpreted to produce a fresh and dynamic style of contemporary design.
• Chinese Art in Detail - An understanding of Chinese art in all its great variety
• The Chinese Garden: History, Art and Architecture - Affords adventurers, armchair travelers, and garden buffs alike the intimate pleasures of the Chinese garden.
• Christmas Around the World: A Pop-Up Book - Featuring Christmas in France, Germany, Russia, Latin America, Scandinavia, Great Britain, Italy, and the U.S.
• Christo and Jean Claude: The Gates, Central Park, 1979-2005 - Documents the erection of a temporary, but monumental work of art featuring 7,500 16-foot-high vinyl gates designed to look like a golden, flowing river--coming to New York's Central Park in February of 2005.
• Cities: People, Society, Architecture - An anthology of ideas centered around this year's theme: the meta-city
• Cities of Words: Pedagogical Letters on a Register of the Moral Life - Links masterpieces of moral philosophy and classic Hollywood comedies
• Cityscapes of Boston: An American City Through Time - Historic photographs are presented alongside images of contemporary Boston.
• Colorful World - All the colors of the world captured in over 200 glowing photographs
• The Colosseum - Reality is much stranger than the legend as the authors, two prominent classical historians, explain in this absorbing account.
• Comeback Cities: A Blueprint for Urban Neighborhood Revival - by Paul S. Grogan
• Coming of Age As a Poet: Milton, Keats, Eliot, Plath -- Autographed - With characteristic precision, authority, and grace, Vendler helps us to appreciate anew the conception and the practice of poetry
• The Complete Greek Temples - A spectacularly illustrated and complete survey of ancient Greek temples
• Complete Pompei - by Joanne Berry
• The Complete Taj Mahal - Leads the reader through the entire complex of the Taj Mahal
• Consuming Views: Art and Tourism in the White Mountains, 1850-1900 - A lavish new look at a key nineteenth-century tourist region and the art it inspired
• Cuba 400 Years of Architectural Heritage - by Rachel Carley
• Degas in New Orleans - by Christopher Benfey
• Dome of the Rock - Tells the story of the Dome of the Rock and the broader historical, cultural, and aesthetic implications of the monument
• Drawn to Yellowstone: Artists in America's First National Park - by Peter Hassrick
• Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia - by Christopher Anderson
• Dwellings - The Vernacular House Worldwide
• Egypt 4000 Years of Art - by Jaromir Malek
• David Hockney Egyptian Journeys - by David Hockney
• Embroidery of the Greek Islands and Epirus Region: Harpies, Mermaids, and Tulips - by Sumru Belger Krody
• England's Thousand Best Houses - A connoisseur's lavishly illustrated tour of England's most treasured countryhouses is expertly ranked, county by county.
• The English House: English Country Houses and Interiors - A vivid photographic tour of the private homes and lifestyles of the storied English countryside
• Field Guide to American Houses
• A Field Guide to Sprawl - Engages its meaning, explains common building patterns, and illustrates the visual culture of sprawl
• Finnish Summer Houses - Presents twenty villas, cottages, and cabins in detail
• Florence: The City and Its Architecture - A comprehensive account of the architecture of Florence
• A French Alphabet Book of 1814 - This charming primer on the alphabet captures the essence of everyday life among the French aristocracy in 1814
• From El Greco to Goya: Painting in Spain 1561-1828 - by Janis Tomlinson
• Gardens in Suzhou - Borchard has photographed seven of the most beautiful gardens in Suzhou with striking and convincing images, steeped in the harmony of the gardens.
• Gilbert Stuart - Essential for anyone who admires American art and history.
• Grand Avenues - A tribute to the genius of Pierre Charles L'Enfant and the enduring city that is his legacy
• Great Cathedrals - by Bernard Schutz
• The Great Houses of England and Wales
• A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland, & Brittany - by Aubrey Burl
• The Hacienda in Mexico - The first detailed architectural study of these rural communities.
• Havana Deco - An unparalleled tour of the Art Deco-style architecture, interiors, decoration, and art objects of Havana.
• Hiroshige: One Hundred Views of Edo - This resplendent complete reprint pairs each of the 120 large-scale illustrations with a description
• Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape - Features a community of writers who describe America's landscape in descriptive terms.
• A Home in the World: Houses and Cultures - A fascinating journey to distant lands to discover the enormous variety of vernacular and ethnographic domestic architecture.
• Houses of Boston's Back Bay: An Architectural History, 1840-1917 - An architectral history of the city from 1840 to 1917.
• The Houses of Martha's Vineyard - Features 24 contemporary homes and examines how they complement the diverse ecology and history of this unique place.
• IndiaColor: Spirit Tradition and Style - A dazzling resource for decorators and travelers alike
• Indian Painting: The Great Mural Tradition - A groundbreaking panoramic look at Indian wall painting.
• Introduction to Balinese Architecture - This book is intended to provide the visitor to Bali with a step-by-step guide to the complexities of Balinese domestic and religious architecture.
• Introduction to Japanese Architecture - This comprehensive overview runs the gamut from prehistoric pit dwellings and to such modern-day trends as diverse as country inns, underground malls and love hotels.
• Islamic Art and Culture: A Visual History - Reveals the immense heritage handed down through Islamic artists over the centuries
• Islamic Art in Context: Art, Architecture, and the Literary World - by Robert Irwin
• Islamic Art in Detail - A rare multifaceted view of the art, technique, and iconography of some of the Islamic world's most beautiful images and artifacts
• Islamic Design: A Genius for Geometry - An exploration of the construction and meaning of Islamic geometric patterns.
• Italian Splendor: Great Castles, Palaces, and Villas - by Elsie de Wolfe
• Italian Villas - This lavishly illustrated, authoritative volume presents the most notable Italian villas from the Renaissance to the present.
• Japan Country Living: Spirit, Tradition, Style - by Amy Sylvester Katoh
• Japan Style - by Gian Carlo Calza
• Japan's Golden Age Momoyama - by Money Hickman
• Japanese Art in Detail - Gives a reader not just a true picture, but also a fine understanding, of Japanese art.
• Japanese Country Style: Modern Ideas From Classic Interiors - by Yashihiro Takishita
• Japanese Haiku - by Kenneth Yasuda
• Japanese Prints Pb - by Gabriele Fahr-Becker
• Journey into Michelangelo'S Rome - by Angela K Nickerson
• The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism - Chronicles the decade between two famous exhibitions: the scandalous Salon des Refuss in 1863, and the first Impressionist showing in 1874
• Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo & the Renaissance in Florence - An intimate view of beloved Florentine works from one of the greatest eras in Western art
• Listening to Our Ancestors: The Art of Native Life in the Pacific Northwest - Treasures of the Northwest Coast collections of the National Museum of the American Indian
• The Little Big Book of New York
• Living Architecture: A Biography of H.H. Richardson
• Living Gaudi: The Architect's Complete Vision - Complete with archival photographs and more than 150 full-color contemporary photographs
• Living in Morocco
• Living in Sri Lanka
• London: An Architectural History - Takes the reader through two thousand years of architecture from the sublime to the mundane
• Lost Boston - A collection of stories and photographs of buildings that are no more.
• Tribal and Village Rugs - An invaluable aid to identifying tribal and village rug motifs and a treasure house of creative inspiration for designers.
• Visions in Granite - Showcases work by some of the most prominent landscape artists of the past two centuries