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Carvings, Casts and Collectors: The Art of Renaissance Sculpture
A lavish volume presenting the texts of papers given at a conference on Renaissance sculpture held at the V&A in 2010. Contents include - The eye of a connoisseur: Robert H.
Icon Gallery-Ohrid
A lavish exhibition catalogue of 42 icons from the North Macedonian gallery in Ohrid, mostly dating from the C14th, and reproduced in excellent full-page colour plates with each captioned in terms of subject, date, material, and provenance with a more extensive description of technique and
A Collection of Russian Metal Icons
A sale catalogue of 529 metal icons, crucifixes and baptismal crosses. Each is described in terms of subject, material used, size, date and price alongside a b&w photograph. Paperback. 96 pages. Small cover corner crease, otherwise good clean condition.
Russian Art of the 17th-19th Centuries Guide: Kirillo-Belozerski Museum of History, Art and Architecture
Illustrated guide to the museum's collection of bells, icons, embroidery lubok pictures and metalwork. Paperback. 80 pages. In very good condition. Cat No 4916
Sir Samuel Meyrick and Goodrich Court
Sir Samuel Meyrick was an avid collector and authority on ancient arms and armour whose personal collection, assembled in the early C19th and housed at Goodrich Court, numbered many thousands of items and included the Witham Shield dating from 4th century BC and a C12th enamelled reliquary casket
Russische Kunst: Bedeutende Ikonen - Russian Works of Art: Important Icons (incl from the collection of the late Paul M Fekula) - Auction 116
Paperback. 120 pages. In very good clean condition. Cat No 4861
Icons : The Natasha Allen Collection
A detailed catalogue of twenty-four historic Byzantine and Russian icons purchased as a single collection and now hanging in the National Gallery in Dublin.
Majolika. Handbücher der Königlichen Museen zu Berlin Kunstgewerbe-Museum
An early and definitive history of C16th majolica pottery, focussing primarily on the decorative items from Italy, but with additional detail on the influence of early Persian faience. 79 excellent engravings of the finer examples accompany the German text. 200 pages.
Icons: A Sacred Art
An attractive exhibition catalogue of C15th, C16th and C17th icons from across the Byzantine world – Russia, Greece and the Balkans. An introductory essay describes the significance of their subject matter, their provenance and their date.
The Holy Grail Tapestries: Designed by Edward Burne-Jones for Morris & Co
Illustrated colour guide to the six Holy Grail tapestries created in the 1880’s by the William Morris workshop following designs by Burne-Jones which hung in the home of petro-chemical mogul William Knox d’Arcy and were then dispersed in the 1920’s following his death.