Search Results: Old Masters & Nineteenth Century Art from Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with Merrell, 2000. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 628pp. Many colour and b/w illustrations. This catalogue was published to accompany the exhibition entitled "The Splendor of 18th Century Rome" held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from March 16 to May 28, 2000, which then toured to Houston. Throughout the 18th century, the city of Rome, with its antiquities, Renaissance and Baroque monuments, and cosmopolitan spirit, was the artistic and cultural capital of Europe. This was the Rome of the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps, the Rome of carnivals and papal ceremonies, the Rome that Piranesi depicted in his celebrated prints; a mecca for amateur, student and professional artists from throughout the Western world. A heavy catalogue - will require extra shipping charges if to be sent outside UK..

London: Phaidon Press, 2000. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First published in 1988, this is the 2000 reprint of the 1996 first softcover edition. Condition: Very good, with a hint of shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 128pp. Many colour and b/w illustrations. The paintings of Leeds artist Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-93) are well-known and loved, particularly in the North of England where he did so much of his work. This was the first comprehensive study of the artist and shows the full breadth of Grimshaws' work, from the early paintings of lakeland and Yorkshire landscapes to the townscapes, dock scenes, coastal views and richly colourful portrayals of sophisticated Victorian ladies..

Sydney, Australia: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2003. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. 208pp. Many colour illustrations. This publication coincided with the exhibition of work by the British born Australian artist Charles Conder (1868-1909) held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales from June 14th to 17th August 2003. The exhibition then toured to Melbourne and Adelaide. Richly illustrated with colour reproductions of Conder's paintings, prints and watercolours on silk, it includes a contribution from one of his biggest collectors, Barry Humphries and tracks his career from famous Heidelberg images to Paris where as an habitue of the Moulin Rouge he met Toulouse-Lautrec and to England and France where he counted Wilde and Beardsley as intimates..

London: Scala Arts and Heritage Publishers Ltd., 2017. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 160pp. Many colour illustrations. John Constable, the great rural landscape painter of the 19th century, was a more versatile artist than is sometimes suggested by his magnificent paintings of country scenes.This book, which was published to accompany the exhibition held at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, focuses on a largely overlooked part of the artist's life, his close and artistically rewarding relationship with the boisterous resort of Brighton during the years 1824-28. .

London/New York: Thames and Hudson Ltd./Abbeville Press, 1985. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Navy hardcover with title in grey on spine. Condition: Fine, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 408pp. 269 illustrations, 74 in colour. In the rich selection of pictures in this book, the meticulous detail of Degas' early pencil sketches can be compared with the furious late charcoal drawings, and fleeting chalk sketches with large pastels. Taken together, they exemplify the splendour and diversity of Degas' work on paper. A very heavy book, will require extra postage charges if to be sent outside UK..

Washington, New Haven and London : Yale University Press in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Rose madder pink colour cloth with title in black on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear. 272pp. 144 colour and 149 b/w illustrations. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of work by the impressionist Edgar Degas (1834-1917) held at the National Gallery of Art, Washingtoton from 12 April to 12 July, 1998. Of all the impressionist painters who sought ways to represent and express the modern world, only Degas was consistently attracted to the world of horses and jockeys. During Degas's youth horse racing had grown to become of the most popular French spectator sports and he was introduced to horses while holidaying in Normandy in 1861. This book discusses in detail the importance of the horse in Degas'… Read More

Amsterdam/Toronto: Amsterdmas Historisch Museum/Art Gallery of Ontario, 1977. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Dual text in English and Dutch. Hardcover. Blue cloth with title in silver on front cover. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Previous owners name at top of title page. Binding sound. Dustjacket condition: Good, with a couple of small repaired tears, general shelfwear and a small chip missing to base of front cover of jacket. 272pp. Many b/w and occasional colour illustrations. This book was published to accompany the exhibition held at the Amsterdams Historisch Museum from 17 June to 28 August 1977 which then toured to the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto from September 27 to November 13, 1977. The exhibition aimed to provide insight into the development of the cityscape of the Northern Netherlands during the 17th century, through the medium of paintings, drawings, maps, books and prints..

London: Sotheby's Publications, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Black hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 431pp. Many colour plates and b/w illustrations. A heavy book, will require extra postage if to be sent outside UK. German painting from the 14th to the early 16th century, under the inspiration first of Netherlandish art and next of the Italian Renaissance, attained a high point unsurpassed in later times. Almost all of the important artists of the period are represented in the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection by work of their own or at least of their circle, including Master Bertram, Johann Koerbecke, Albrecht Durer, and Hans Holbein the elder and the Younger. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Barrington, Ilminster, Somerset: J M Goodacre Publishing, 2017. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Black hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fine. 194pp. Many colour illustrations. This book is the first biography of the British landscape artist Frederick Richard Lee (1798-1879) and includes a detailed appraisal of his art work including Lee's joint works with Sir Edwin Landseer and Thomas Sidney Cooper. As well as art, Lee had a great interest in fishing, shooting and photoraphy. He also took part in adventurous yacht voyages around the world, which are reported in detail in the book..

London: Chapman & Hall, 1909. Book. Fair. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Olive green/brown cloth with titles in gilt on spine and front cover together with a circular relief in gilt on front cover. Condition: Fair, covers are lightly shelfworn with slightly more wear to head and tail of spine, and sunning to spine. Bookplate of John Vinycomb (1833-1928), the Newcastle born artistic director of Marcus Ward in Belfast and an international expert in heraldry, on front pastedown. Authors presentation inscription on title page to John Vinycomb. Browning to endpapers. Binding cracked in a couple of places, otherwise sound. Some cockling to text and plates towards the end of the book. 72pp. Four tipped in colour plates and thirty-one half-tone illustrations of Italian and other fresco paintings. Also enclosed with the book is a presentation letter from the author to John Vinycomb dated 1909, and printed copies of two papers on mural decoration given by John Ward, one at… Read More

New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1996. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Terracotta colour cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear. 229pp. Many colour and b/w illustrations. This catalogue was produced to accompany the first exhibition ever devoted exclusively to Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), co-organised by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis, The Hague. The exhibition was held from 12 November 1995 to 11 February 1996 in Washington, and 1 March to 2 June 1996 in the Hague. The catalogue includes essays by leading art historians on the work of Vermeer, including Ben Broos, Arthur K.Wheelock, Jr. Jorgen Wadum and Albert Blankert. A heavy book, will require extra shipping charges if to be sent outside UK. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

London: John Murray, 1885. Book. Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark green cloth with titles in gilt on cover and spine. Condition: Good, clean and sound. Spine and corners bumped, covers lightly scuffed, a couple of small white splashes to spine. Previous owners bookplate inside front cover and a neat ink annotation on the blank page facing the preface. Some occasional neat small notes in ink in the marginsn461pp. 141 illustrations. A well-written book on the role of landscape in art through the ages, from Egyptian and Greek through to Mediaeval times and the Renaissance ending with Claude Lorraine, Salvator Rosa and Gaspar Poussin and their influence on Turner. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is the second edition, 1967 (first edition published 1948). Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Previous owners name(an art dealer) on front endpaper. Binding sound. The first edition of this book was published in 1948 when the full text of Haydon's journals was inaccessible. This revised edition contains a supplement in based on a comparison of Tom Taylor's abridgement with The Diary of Benjamin Robert Haydon edited by Professor W.B.Pope (Harvard 1960,1963), together with information about the strange vicissitudes of his pictures, notably the discovery and restoration of the lost masterpiece, The Judgement of Solomon..

Eastbourne, Sussex: Towner Art Gallery, 1982. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Card-covered stapled catalogue. Condition: Good, with some light foxing as well as a light crease to lower right corner of front cover. Staples in centre beginning to rust. Previous owners name neatly written at top of title page. 45pp. Many b/w illustrations. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of work by Louisa Paris (1811-1875) held at the Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne from 24 July to 12 September 1982. In 1960 a series of watercolour views of South-east England, painted between 1852 and 1854 were purchased by the Towner Art Gallery. They were painted by an accomplished amateur artist named Louisa Catherine Paris, who mounted them in a scrapbook at a later date, adding lively inscriptions beneath each picture. In the 1970s, some of the paintings relating to Eastbourne were shown in the gallery, and the rest were than framed for this exhibition..

Dallas, Texas: The Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, 1985. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 133pp. 3 colour and 36 b/w plates. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of work by the Spanish artist, Luis Melendez (1716-1780), held at the North Carolina Museum of Modern Art from January12 to March 10, 1985. The exhibition then toured to the Meadows Museum, in Dallas and the National Academy of Design in New York. Although Melendez received little acclaim in his lifetime, he is now widely recognised as the leading Spanish still-life painter of the 18th century..

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Dark navy hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with just the faintest hint of shelfwear to covers. No inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 431pp. 44 colour and 225 b/w illustrations. This substantial survey and definitive reference book discusses state, civic, commercial, church, private and other murals, and includes detailed analysis of major schemes. It covers the work of over 400 artists including Sir Frank Brangwyn, Rex Whistler, Gerald Moira, Stanhope Forbes and Frank O Salisbury..

Princeton, New Jersey: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1976. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dark grey paper covered boards with titles in black on pale grey-green cloth spine and in black on front cover. Condition: Very good, binding sound, no inscriptions. Front endpaper has a small area (approx 1/2 by 1 inch) where a label has been removed. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and soiling, and light sunning to spine. 200pp. Many b/w illustrations. This book was published in conjunction with an exhibition of Murillo's drawings held at The Art Museum, Princeton University, from December 1976 to January 1977. All Murillo's known drawings - nearly one hundred - are fully catalogued and illustrated. Comparative illustrations show works by followers of Murillo as well as many of his own oil paintings. There is also a preliminary checklist of Murillos's oil sketches. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Antwerp, Belgium: Fonds Mercator, 1985. Book. Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. NB: Text is in French throughout.No slipcase. Maroon paper-covered boards with title in gilt on white paper covered spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers and some light soiling to spine. No inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear, and a couple of small tears. 328pp. Many colour illustrations. A heavy book, will require extra shipping charges if to be sent outside UK..

Geneva: Editions d'Art Albert Skira, 1983. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Dark green cloth with title in dark green on front cover and spine, and original card slipcase. Condition: Very good with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. A few very faint smudges to front endpaper. Binding sound. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with light shelfwear. Card slipcase in good condition with light shelfwear. 167pp. 10 colour and 54 b/w illustrations. The modern image of the peasant originated in Italy, in the 1820s, in the work of Leopold Robert, a Swiss, and Leopold Robert, a Frenchman, whose success created a vogue for the peasant genre, somewhat idealised. From the 1840s onwards a more realistic school of painters dedicated to peasant imagery arose in France, Germany and Vienna. This study embraces the work of artists to the end of the 19th century from countries including England, Norway, Holland and Hungary..

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire: Wilson Books, 2008. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 350pp. Many colour illustrations. This book deals with the major paintings produced by British and foreign artists which were exhibited in the years 1889-1914 in London, Paris and Pittsburgh, and looks at how St.Ives became a world renowned centre for both the practice and teaching of landscape and marine painting. The book linked in with the exhibition "Dawn of a Colony: Lyrical Light. St Ives 1889-1914" held at the Penlee House Museum, Penzance, in June 2008. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.